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NASB | Matthew 12:40 for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:40 for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. [Jon 1:17] |
Subject: 3 days and 3 nights as a Hebrew idiom |
Bible Note: I agree with you both. Also it fits with the New Testament, where it says Noah's ark was a type (picture)of Christ. It says in Genesis 8:4 "In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat." Remember after the Exodus, God said of the seventh month the Seventh month Exodus 12:2 "This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you" They picked the lamb on the 10th - triumphal entry. They slaughtered the lamb on the 14th - Crucifixion (Thursday). The feast of first fruits was the day after the sabbath, the 17th (Sunday, the same day the ark rested on the land. Also note that we know that the actual date of the start of Daniel's 70 weeks is March 14, 445 BC because of the moon. 69 weeks of 360 day years (prophetic years - see Revelation) lands exactly on April 10 (Palm Sunday), 32 AD. Passover was Thursday in 32 AD. |