Compare & Correlate · Explicit
The sign of Jonah
Three days and three nights in the fish, and Nineveh turning at Jonah's word — both cited by Jesus in Matthew 12 as the one sign that will be given. Two rows, two linking verses.
Explicit: A later verse makes this link, and it is printed on the arrow.
The sign of Jonah. Explicit — a later text makes this connection, and the verse that makes it is printed on the arrow.
The words, as the corpus holds them (each checked present, or absent, in the verses cited beside it):
- דָּג dag, “fish”
- שָׁלֹשׁ shalosh, “three”
- יוֹם yom, “day”
- לַיְלָה laylah, “night”
- נִינְוֵה Nineveh, “Nineveh”
- צוֹם tsom, “fast”
Sources:
- Hebrew words checked against the annotated corpus by tests/test_correlations.py; Greek references checked against SBLGNT for existence only.
Row by row
| Jonah 2–3 | Matthew 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| Three days and three nights | Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nightsJonah 2:1 | the Son of Man three days and three nights in the heart of the earthMatthew 12:40 |
| Linking verse: Matthew 12:40 — “as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish” | ||
| Jonah 2:1 in the Hebrew numbering is 1:17 in English Bibles. | ||
| Nineveh | the people of Nineveh believed God and called a fastJonah 3:5 | the men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgementMatthew 12:41 |
| Linking verse: Matthew 12:41 — “they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here” | ||
Where it appears in the text
- Jonah 2 — three days and three nights in the fish
- Jonah 3 — Nineveh believes at Jonah's word
- Matthew 12 — no sign but the sign of Jonah
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