Jonah 1:17
Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Cross-reference
In Jonah 2:10, the same fish vomits Jonah out, completing the three-day event initiated here.
In Jonah 4:6, God again 'prepares' a plant for shade, echoing the same divine provision as the fish.
In Jonah 4:8, God again 'prepares' a natural element (wind) to teach Jonah, echoing the fish's appointment here.
In Matthew 12:40, Jesus directly cites Jonah's three days in the fish as a type of His own death and resurrection.
In Matthew 16:4, Jesus calls the fish event the 'sign of Jonah' — a prophetic sign of His resurrection.
In Luke 11:30, Jesus compares Himself to Jonah as a sign — the fish made Jonah a sign to Nineveh.
Mark 8:31 predicts Jesus rising after three days—Jonah's three days in the fish prefigure this resurrection pattern.
1 Corinthians 15:4 emphasizes Christ's resurrection on the third day, echoing the three-day period Jonah spent in the fish.