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would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the Prophet Jonas: 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'. (Matt. 12:38-40) 'And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: They seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas, the Prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the son of man be to this generation'. (Luke II :29-30) Thus, the sign that was predicted by Jesus was that as the Prophet Jonas was in the belly of the whale for a certain period, so shall the son of man be in the heart of the earth for a period. The essence of the sign was not the period. It will be noted that the version given in Luke makes no mention of the period but only of the sign of Jonas. What was the sign of the Prophet Jonas? It was that he entered the belly of the whale alive, and remained therein alive, and came out thereof alive. Thus, Jesus prophecied that he would enter the heart of the earth alive, would remain there alive and would come out 40