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For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.
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The Ultimate Sign: Resurrection
Multiple commentators explain that the core of the 'sign of Jonah' is its parallel to Jesus's resurrection. Just as Jonah was, in a sense, brought back from the grave of the great fish after three days, Jesus would be in the heart of the earth for three days before His resurrection. This event would serve as the ultimate, definitive sign of His divine authority.
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19th Century
Anglican
This is an evil generation: they seek a sign.—See Notes on Matthew 12:38-42. The words here spoken are clearly an answer …
Baptist
And there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of ma…
The “sign” Jesus provided to those who wanted one (cf. v.16) is the sign of Jonah himself, whose presence and brief message (cf. v.32), though more…
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16th Century
Protestant
As Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites. He declares that he will be a sign to them, as Jonah was to the inhabitants of Nin…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites As he was by lying three days and three nights in the whale's belly, and th…
Presbyterian
Christ promised that one more sign would be given, namely, the sign of Jonah the prophet, which is explained in Matthew as meaning the resurrection…
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