Jesus christ peace be upon him was asked by Scribes and Pharisees "MASTER, WE WOULD SEE A SIGN FROM THEE". (Matthew 12:38).
Jesus replies: "AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION SEEKETH AFTER A SIGN; AND THERE SHALL NO SIGN (no miracle) BE GIVEN TO IT, BUT THE SIGN (miracle) OF THE PROPHET JONAS: 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." Matthew 12:39-40). did he fullfil this prophecy according to bible?Point to keep in mind is 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.........
2007-12-13 00:56:11 · 12 answers · asked by Just Me 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
NOTICE: It is a sign to who??
"A WICKED AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION" !!!
Is it a sign to you??
2007-12-13 01:32:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
⪠What was “the sign of Jonah” mentioned in Matthew 16:4?
In response to a request from the Pharisees and Sadducees for a sign, Jesus said: “A wicked and adulterous generation keeps on seeking for a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.”—Matthew 16:1-4.
These religious leaders evidently were looking for a visible sign from heaven before accepting Jesus as the Messiah, basing their expectation on a wrong understanding of Daniel 7:13, 14. They demanded that the Messiah meet their predetermined views, overlooking the marvelous things that Jesus was doing and teaching. (John 4:25-29, 42; 7:31; 9:30-33) So Jesus told the Pharisees and Sadducees that the only additional “sign” that would be provided would be “the sign of Jonah.”
Many months earlier Jesus had mentioned “the sign of Jonah.” What he then added can help us to perceive his point: “For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.”—Matthew 12:38-40.
Jonah was, in a sense, in Sheol, or the grave, when he was in the belly of the huge fish that swallowed him. (Jonah 2:1, 2) Then he came out, as if resurrected, to perform his prophetic assignment in Nineveh. It would be similar with Jesus but even more miraculous.
Jesus foretold that he would die and on the third day be raised from the dead. (Matthew 16:21; 20:17-19; John 2:19-21) When Jesus actually did rise from the dead on the third day, his disciples called to mind what he had said, and this strengthened their faith in him. (John 2:22; 1Â Corinthians 15:3-8) Even some of the Jewish priests who learned of “the sign of Jonah” and the Christian message “began to be obedient to the faith.” (Acts 6:7) But they certainly were in the minority. Most of the Jewish leaders who had refused to be impressed by Jesus’ marvelous works and teachings when he walked among them continued to be of the same mind. They rejected “the sign of Jonah,” Jesus’ resurrection from the dead on the third day.
2007-12-13 04:24:56 · answer #2 · answered by amorromantico02 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is it your looking for as you stated the ans and the sign. Are you trying to state something that Jona was alive in the belly or that Christ wasn't in the earth. Or is it the three day thing . What ever it is your going to hit a wall The death and ressurection proved whom Christ said He was and what He was to do. He is the sign
2007-12-13 01:14:04 · answer #3 · answered by the only 1 hobo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"heart of earth" can only reasonable mean grave. If you have something VERY important to do that you cannot do on Sabbath, (and Sabbath ends at sundown) you are not going home to sleep, then go to do it before sunup (while it is yet dark) the next morning. The people went to the tomb right after sundown. (the "dawn" of the new week, is when it begins, which by Hebrew reckoning is sundown, not sunrise). When they got there, He had risen. Therefore, He rose about the end of the Sabbath, sundown "Saturday" night! To have been in the grave three days and three nights, He must have been put in the grave about sundown on WEDNESDAY!!!! That seems to be what Scripture teaches, whether you like it or not! therefore, that is what I choose to understand to have happened.
2007-12-13 01:06:58 · answer #4 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said that just as Jonah was three days in the belly of the whale, so Jesus would be three days in the belly of the earth. He used this as an illustration to point out that He would die, then three days later (actually, the MORNING of the third day), He truly DID rise again.
2007-12-13 01:00:02 · answer #5 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I can see this is a leading question. If someone says that Jesus spent 3 days and 3 nights in the tomb as Jonah did in the whale, you will say "Ah, but Jonah was alive!" .. thus trying to discredit the New Testament scriptures and implying that Jesus never, in fact, died.
You have to get up really, really early in the morning to try and catch me out. :)
2007-12-13 01:01:47 · answer #6 · answered by Jake D 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The sign of Jonah was all that happened to him.......
3 days in the belly of the great fish.........
2007-12-13 00:59:30 · answer #7 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes. God's prophecy always works. He alone declares the end from the beginning.
2007-12-13 00:59:14 · answer #8 · answered by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
He was saying that he would die but rise again. As well as the ability for people to turn from their sins and have forgiveness from God.
2007-12-13 01:01:15 · answer #9 · answered by Michael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And you answered your own question because...?
2007-12-13 00:58:42 · answer #10 · answered by Jed 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋