Matthew 12:39-40

12:39 But he answered them, ¹  “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 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.

[12:39]  ¹ tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.

[12:40]  ² tn Grk “large sea creature.”

[12:40]  ³ sn A quotation from Jonah 1:17.