{"id":5665,"date":"2024-07-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=5665"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:20:32","slug":"interpreting-the-sign-of-jonah-in-matthew-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/interpreting-the-sign-of-jonah-in-matthew-16\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30de\u30bf\u30a4\u306b\u3088\u308b\u798f\u97f3\u66f816\u7ae0\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u30e8\u30ca\u306e\u3057\u308b\u3057\u3068\u306f\u4f55\u304b\uff1f\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u306e\u6b7b\u3068\u5fa9\u6d3b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The sign of Jonah is Jesus&#039; own death and resurrection. When the Pharisees and Sadducees asked him for a sign, he refused them any &quot;but the sign of the prophet Jonas&quot; (Matthew 16:4). Matthew 12:40 explains it: like Jonah in the fish, the Son of Man would be &quot;three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.&quot; Jonah had gone down before him. From inside the fish he prayed, &quot;out of the belly of hell cried I, and\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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