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== Jesus on historicity of Jonah's sojourn ==

== Jesus on historicity of Jonah's sojourn ==

According the the ''Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties'', Jesus accepted the facticity of Jonah's sojourn in the belly of a fish.<ref>{{hnb|Archer|1982}}</ref>  For example, in the book of Matthew and Luke, Jesus stated that he would repeat the miracle of Jonah:  MT ^12:39 <nowiki>[Jesus]</nowiki> answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. ⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here..."<ref>MT 12:39-41, see also MT 16:4, LK 11:29-32, </ref>

According the the ''Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties'', Jesus accepted the facticity of Jonah's sojourn in the belly of a fish.<ref>{{hnb|Archer|1982}}</ref>  For example, in the book of Matthew and Luke, Jesus stated that he would repeat the miracle of Jonah:   

 

{{cquote|MT ^12:39 <nowiki>[Jesus]</nowiki> answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. ⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here..."<ref>MT 12:39-41, see also MT 16:4, LK 11:29-32, </ref>}}

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