they thought that he was with the group, so they traveled a whole day and then started looking for him among their relatives and friends.

They did not find him, so they went back to Jerusalem looking for him.

"Come back in three days and I will give you my answer," he replied. So they left.

Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to King Rehoboam, as he had instructed them.

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.

From that time on Jesus began to say plainly to his disciples, "I must go to Jerusalem and suffer much from the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law. I will be put to death, but three days later I will be raised to life."

and said, "Sir, we remember that while that liar was still alive he said, 'I will be raised to life three days later.'

Give orders, then, for his tomb to be carefully guarded until the third day, so that his disciples will not be able to go and steal the body, and then tell the people that he was raised from death. This last lie would be even worse than the first one."

One day when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of the Law were sitting there who had come from every town in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was present for Jesus to heal the sick.

But one of them, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was a teacher of the Law and was highly respected by all the people, stood up in the Council. He ordered the apostles to be taken out for a while,

Listen to me, distant nations, you people who live far away! Before I was born, the LORD chose me and appointed me to be his servant.

He made my words as sharp as a sword. With his own hand he protected me. He made me like an arrow, sharp and ready for use.

The Sovereign LORD has taught me what to say, so that I can strengthen the weary. Every morning he makes me eager to hear what he is going to teach me.