The Messiah and the 3 days and 3 nights timeframe of Matthew 12:40?
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seekeroftruth
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Number of views is sometimes meaningless. It can include your OWN view, or the same person many times, or a bot. Or even someone searching on the web, and not even registering, which is VERY common.
Anyway - Jesus is of course, illustrating that it was the same as Jonah, who was considered a prophet, even though among most people, they just know the fish story.
HOWEVER - it was Jewish traditional belief that the soul remained with the body for three days and three nights - so that if Jesus was dead that long, he was most certainly dead. If he rose prior to that, it would seem less a miracle.
It's also why Lazarus' rising from the dead was miraculous, because HE was dead for four days (or at least, had been entombed that long).
Anyway - Jesus is of course, illustrating that it was the same as Jonah, who was considered a prophet, even though among most people, they just know the fish story.
HOWEVER - it was Jewish traditional belief that the soul remained with the body for three days and three nights - so that if Jesus was dead that long, he was most certainly dead. If he rose prior to that, it would seem less a miracle.
It's also why Lazarus' rising from the dead was miraculous, because HE was dead for four days (or at least, had been entombed that long).
See Sam Spade's reply.I don't know. Is there?
I rescind my "Wow". Looks like there can be a number of reasons.
