Cross references
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 12:40 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jonah 1:17 (22 votes) and Matthew 27:63–64 (14 votes). 36 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 1 to Philippians 2.
Which verses does Matthew 12:40 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Jonah 1:1722 votes
Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
- Matthew 27:63–6414 votes
“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
- John 2:1913 votes
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
- Matthew 16:2112 votes
From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
- Matthew 17:2312 votes
They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
- Matthew 27:4011 votes
and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
- Jonah 2:2–68 votes
saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me. …
- Psalm 63:95 votes
But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.
- Matthew 8:203 votes
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
Which verses point to Matthew 12:40?
The 10 strongest of 36.