Matius 12:40

12:40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish ¹  for three days and three nights, ²  so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

Matius 16:21

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

16:21 From that time on ³  Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem ⁴  and suffer ⁵  many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ⁶  and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

[12:40]  ¹ tn Grk “large sea creature.”

[12:40]  ² sn A quotation from Jonah 1:17.

[16:21]  ³ tn Grk “From then.”

[16:21]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:21]  ⁵ sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.

[16:21]  ⁶ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.