Bible Question (short): Idiom? |
Question (full): Matthew 12:39-40 “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; 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. When Jesus says, “three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” is he using an idiom meaning one day and night and parts of 2 other days and/or nights? If yes, who first decided it was an idiom? Since this is prophesy, and not subject to a private interpretation, where does scripture interpret “three days and three nights” as an idiom? |