Matthew 12:40 Cross References - Goodspeed

⁴⁰ For just as Jonah was in the maw of the whale for three days and nights, the Son of Man will be three days and nights in the heart of the earth.

²⁰ And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and wild birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no where to lay his head!"

²¹ It was then that Jesus Christ for the first time explained to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and endure great suffering there at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day.

²³ and they will kill him, but on the third day he will be raised to life again." And they were greatly distressed.

⁴⁰ and saying, "You who would tear down the sanctuary, and build one in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

⁶³ and said, "Sir, we remember that when this impostor was alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again!' ⁶⁴ Give orders, therefore, to have the tomb closely guarded till the third day, so that his disciples cannot come and steal him, and then tell the people that he is risen from the dead, and that delusion be worse than the other was."

¹⁹ Jesus answered, "Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it in three days!"