1 Kings 22:1

Ahab Dies in Battle

22:1 There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years. ¹ 

Matthew 12:40

12:40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish ²  for three days and three nights, ³  so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

Matthew 16:21

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

16:21 From that time on ⁴  Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem ⁵  and suffer ⁶  many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ⁷  and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

¹ tn Heb “and they lived three years without war between Aram and Israel.”

² tn Grk “large sea creature.”

³ sn A quotation from Jonah 1:17.

⁴ tn Grk “From then.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶ 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.

⁷ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.