30For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
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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. …
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.
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: …
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. …
And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-36)Christ’s discourse in these verses shows two things:— I. What is the sign we may expect from God for the confirmation of our faith . The great and most convincing proof of Christ’s being sent of God, and which they were yet to wait for, after the many signs that had been given them, was the resurrection of Christ from the dead. Here is, 1. A reproof to the people for demanding other signs than wha…
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