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John the Baptist Prepares the Way
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
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After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
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From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it.
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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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The Transfiguration
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
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And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
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How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!
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“If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
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“Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
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As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
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For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
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“As you know, the Passover is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
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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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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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“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
