Type · Old Testament
Jonah in the Fish
For three days and three nights Jonah remained in the deep, then was returned to dry land alive.
Jonah 1:17Antitype · New Testament
Three Days in the Heart of the Earth
Jesus names Jonah's ordeal as a sign: as he was in the fish three days, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth and rise.
Matthew 12:40
The Connection
The shared motif is three days in the deep and a return to life — a foreshadowing of the burial and resurrection.
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