Matthew 12:40
"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
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- Jonah 1:17
"Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 27:63
"Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again."
Read in chapter → - John 2:19
"Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 16:21
"From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 17:23
"And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 27:40
"And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross."
Read in chapter → - Jonah 2:2
"And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 63:9
"But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 8:20
"And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head."
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