Bible Cross References
For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Luke 24:46
and said to them, "This is what is written: the Messiah must suffer and must rise from death three days later,
Luke 24:47
and in his name the message about repentance and the forgiveness of sins must be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
Jonah 1:17
At the LORD's command a large fish swallowed Jonah, and he was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
Jonah 2:10
Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah up on the beach, and it did.
Jonah 3:2-10
2
He said, "Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to the people the message I have given you."
3
So Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to walk through it.
4
Jonah started through the city, and after walking a whole day, he proclaimed, "In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed!"
5
The people of Nineveh believed God's message. So they decided that everyone should fast, and all the people, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth to show that they had repented.
6
When the king of Nineveh heard about it, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat down in ashes.
7
He sent out a proclamation to the people of Nineveh: "This is an order from the king and his officials: No one is to eat anything; all persons, cattle, and sheep are forbidden to eat or drink.
8
All persons and animals must wear sackcloth. Everyone must pray earnestly to God and must give up their wicked behavior and their evil actions.
9
Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die!"
10
God saw what they did; he saw that they had given up their wicked behavior. So he changed his mind and did not punish them as he had said he would.
Matthew 12:40-42
40
In the same way that Jonah spent three days and nights in the big fish, so will the Son of Man spend three days and nights in the depths of the earth.
41
On the Judgment Day the people of Nineveh will stand up and accuse you, because they turned from their sins when they heard Jonah preach; and I tell you that there is something here greater than Jonah!
42
On the Judgment Day the Queen of Sheba will stand up and accuse you, because she traveled all the way from her country to listen to King Solomon's wise teaching; and I assure you that there is something here greater than Solomon!