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.
KJV
ὥσπερ γὰρ ἦν Ἰωνᾶς ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ τοῦ κήτους τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας, οὕτως ἔσται ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τῆς γῆς τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας.
Greek NT
Sicut enim fuit Jonas in ventre ceti tribus diebus, et tribus noctibus, sic erit Filius hominis in corde terræ tribus diebus et tribus noctibus.
Vulgate
for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
ASV
For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
κοιλία
koilia
noun · 23×
κῆτος
ketos
noun · 1×
νύξ
nux
noun · 61×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
τρεῖς
treis
adjective · 67×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
Ἰωνᾶς
ionas
noun · 9×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὥσπερ
osper
adverb · 36×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Jonah 1:17 · allusion"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."Jonah: three days in the great fish — Jesus' sign of Jonah
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8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§627Christ's death was a real death in that it put an end to his earthly human existence. But because of the union his body retained with the person of the Son, his was not a mortal corpse like others, for "divine power preserved Christ's body from corruption."470 Both of these statements can be said of Christ: "He was cut off out of the land of the living",471 and "My flesh will d…
§635Christ went down into the depths of death so that "the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live."484 Jesus, "the Author of life", by dying destroyed "him who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and [delivered] all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage."485 Henceforth the risen Christ holds "the keys of Death and…
The preservation of our bodies is confirmed by the resurrection and ascension of Christ: the souls of the saints during the intermediate period are in a state of expectation of that time when they shall receive their perfect and consummated glory. 1. Since, again, some who are reckoned among the orthodox go beyond the pre-arranged plan for the exaltation of the just, and are ig…
2. But that what I say may become clearer, we must needs in what follows attend to the very words. What then are these? I make known unto you, brethren, says he, the gospel which I preached unto you. Do you see with what modesty he commences? Do you see how from the beginning he points out that he is bringing in no new nor strange thing? For he who makes known that which was al…
23. Indeed we may learn also from the Saviour Himself, when He says, 'For as Jonah 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 Matthew 12:40.' For Jonah was not as the Saviour, nor did Jonah go down to hades; nor was the whale hades; nor did Jonah, when swallowed up, bring up those who ha…
Chapter 1. Summary of the Foregoing Books, and Scope of that Which Follows. I. The man who fears God seeks diligently in Holy Scripture for a knowledge of His will. And when he has become meek through piety, so as to have no love of strife; when furnished also with a knowledge of languages, so as not to be stopped by unknown words and forms of speech, and with the knowledge of …
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:4 — And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
- 1Sam 2:6 — The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
- Eph 4:9 — (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
- John 2:19 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
- John 2:19 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
- John 6:66 — From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Luke 2:46 — And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
- Luke 11:30 — For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
- Luke 24:6 — He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
- Mark 8:31 — And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
- Mark 9:9 — And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
- Mark 16:6 — And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
- Matt 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.
- Matt 15:32 — Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, le
- Matt 16:13 — When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
- Matt 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
- Matt 17:23 — And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
- Matt 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.
- Matt 27:63 — Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
- Matt 28:6 — He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
- Ps 63:9 — But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.