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For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.”
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Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
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But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
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For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
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So they went. “He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing.
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“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”
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and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
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Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”
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The Death of Jesus
From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.
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About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ).
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“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
