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.
Matthew 2:14
2:14 Then he got up, took the child and his mother during 3 the night, and went to Egypt.
Matthew 28:13
28:13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole his body 4 while we were asleep.’
1 tnGrk “large sea creature.”
2 sn A quotation from Jonah 1:17.
3 tn The feminine singular genitive noun νυκτός (nuktos, “night”) indicates the time during which the action of the main verb takes place (ExSyn 124).