Three Days in the Tomb

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The Lord Jesus predicted that he would be killed, spend three days in the tomb, and then be raised up.

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

The Lord Jesus predicted that he would be killed, spend three days in the tomb, and then be raised up.

These events were key parts of the mission of Jesus Christ. They were predicted by the prophets.

Some of the texts mention “three days and three nights.” At first glance, that seems to mean 72 continuous hours. However, it can also mean one 24-hour day plus a part of the day before and a part of the day after.

 

BIBLE VERSES

 

Jonah 1:17. The LORD prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Hosea 6:2. After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.

Matthew 12:40. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 16:21.  From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

Matthew 17:23. and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.

Matthew 20:19. and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.

John 2:20. The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”

1 Corinthians 15:4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

 

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