Matthew 12:40

John 2:19; Jonah 1:17; Jonah 2:2-6; Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:23; Matthew 27:40; Matthew 27:63; Matthew 27:64; Psalms 63:9

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

We would see a sign from thee - See Luke 11:16 , Luke 11:29-32 . A “sign” commonly signifies a miracle - that is, a sign that God was with the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus-' Answer to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes, and the Intervention of His Family ( Mark 3:20-35 *, Luke 11:14-23 ; Luke 11:29-32 ; Lu...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Request for a Sign Refused ( Luke 11:29-32 . From Q. Cf. Mark 8:11 f.*= Matthew 16:1-2 a , Matthew 16:4 ). Mt. uses the incident here a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as . just as. The Lord was dead, therefore Jonah must have been. Nothing is said about his being "preserved alive". That "sign" would have had no re...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1357 JONAH A TYPE OF CHRIST Matthew 12:39-41 . But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth....
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For as Jonas was three days and three nights— See the note on Jonah 1:17 . Instead of the whale's, we should read the fish's belly. It is no w...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the ear...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Plucking Corn on the Sabbath. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath ( Mark 2:23 ; Luke 6:1 ). This chapter begin...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A sign demanded. Astounding impudence after they had just ascribed His miracles to Beelzebub, and declared Him possessed with an unclean spirit. It...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Three days and three nights ] The difficulty is that our Lord only lay in the grave two nights. The expression resembles the Jewish inclusive way...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As Jonas was three days and three nights. — To understand the words rightly, we have to remember the prominence which our Lord gives to the history...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1-30 ; Matthew 12:1-50 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1-30 HITHERTO almost everything has been...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Opposing or Doing God's Will Matthew 12:38-50 It was an evil and adulterous age. It had no spiritual appreciation, and was intent on getting an...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His peop...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. (39) But he answered and said unto them, A...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly ,.... Or "in the belly of a great fish", as is said, Jonah 1:17 for that it was...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then certain of the scribes , &c. Now present, upon hearing how plainly Christ admonished, and how severely he rebuked them, answered Probably...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter re...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pharisees Ask a Sign. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees ans...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Ver. 39,40. An evil and adulterous generation; either called adulterous for that specific sin, which reigned amongst them, and indeed thei...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the large fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 12:38 . A sign. —See Luke 11:16 . They wanted something of an immediate and decisive nature, to show, not that His mirac...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 12:38-43 Truth through and by life. Consider in what respects Christ was greater than Solomon. I. The Proverbs could not well be spared...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 12:39-40 Jonah being spoken of in the text as a type of Christ, let us consider that part of his history which is typical. It is contained...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 12:38-39 . Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and sa...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 12:38-39 . Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and sa...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 12:2 . Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day. The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of b...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth....
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Three days and three nights — It was customary with the eastern nations to reckon any part of a natural day of twenty — four hours, for the whole d...

⁴⁰ For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 12:40

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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