| − | In both the Gospels of [[Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke]], [[Jesus]] makes mention of the story of Jonah and applies the miracle of Jonah to his own coming miracle. {{cquote|MT <sup>12:39</sup> <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. <sup>40</sup> 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.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, MT 12:39-41, see also MT 16:4, LK 11:29-32,</ref>}} | + | In both the Gospels of [[Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Luke]], [[Jesus]] makes mention of the story of Jonah and applies the [[miracle]] of Jonah to his own coming miracle. {{cquote|MT <sup>12:39</sup> <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. <sup>40</sup> 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.<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, MT 12:39-41, see also MT 16:4, LK 11:29-32,</ref>}} |
| | It is a common Christian understanding that the story of Jonah being in the belly of the fish is a prefiguring of the three days between the death and [[resurrection]] of Jesus Christ.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/typology-theology</ref><ref>http://www.ctsfw.edu/library/files/pb/1253</ref> | | It is a common Christian understanding that the story of Jonah being in the belly of the fish is a prefiguring of the three days between the death and [[resurrection]] of Jesus Christ.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/typology-theology</ref><ref>http://www.ctsfw.edu/library/files/pb/1253</ref> |