Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Cross-reference
Matthew 16:21 explicitly predicts Jesus' death and resurrection on the third day, fulfilling the sign of Jonah mentioned here.
Matthew 17:23 repeats the prediction of resurrection on the third day, reinforcing the sign of Jonah's meaning.
In Matthew 27:40, mockers taunt Jesus with the three-day temple saying, echoing the same time frame Jesus predicted for his entombment.
In Matthew 27:63, the chief priests recall Jesus' prediction 'After three days I will arise,' directly referencing the three-day sign from this verse.
In Matthew 27:64, the religious leaders act on Jesus' three-day prophecy by securing the tomb until the third day, showing their awareness of his prediction.
Matthew 28:6 reports the risen Jesus — the sign of Jonah is fulfilled as Jesus rose after three days in the tomb.
Matthew 16:4 repeats the same 'sign of Jonah' teaching, reinforcing the prophecy of Jesus' three-day burial and resurrection.
Matthew 20:19 foretells Jesus' resurrection on the third day — the very outcome prefigured by Jonah's three days.
Jonah 1:17 provides the OT event Jesus cites: Jonah's three days in the fish as a type of His burial and resurrection.
In John 2:19, Jesus uses the temple metaphor for his resurrection in three days, paralleling the same three-day prediction from this verse.
In Jonah 2:2-6, Jonah's prayer from the fish's belly prefigures Jesus' three days in the heart of the earth, the direct OT type.
Mark 8:31 explicitly predicts Jesus' resurrection 'after three days' — directly echoing the same three-day timeframe from the sign of Jonah.
Mark 10:34 also predicts the three-day resurrection, directly paralleling the timeframe given in the sign of Jonah.
Mark 16:6 announces that Jesus has risen — the event that the three-day sign pointed to.
Luke 11:30 also calls Jonah a sign for this generation, directly paralleling the sign-of-Jonah teaching but without the three days detail.
Luke 24:6 declares the resurrection, confirming the fulfillment of the three-day prediction.
2 Kings 14:25 identifies the prophet Jonah, the same figure Jesus references as a type of his burial.
1 Corinthians 15:4 confirms Jesus' burial and resurrection on the third day, fulfilling the sign of Jonah he gave here.