For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
These men flatter Him with the title Master while plotting abuse; they saw His miracles proved Him sent from God, yet demanded more signs as though He owed them fresh proof. Pride prescribes to God and then excuses itself for not submitting to Him.
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Commenting on Matthew 12:38-45
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits,.... This is said in allusion to, and in imitation of the seven spirits before the throne; or may denote a large number of devils, seven being a number of perfection; or else the various corruptions of a man's heart, the swarms of internal lusts which are there stirred up by Satan; more wicked than himself...
Verse 40. For as Jonas was three days, etc. See . This event took place in the Mediterranean Sea, somewhere between Joppa and Tarshish, when he was fleeing from Nineveh. It is said that the whale seldom passes into that sea, and that its throat is too small to admit a man. It is probable, therefore, that a fish of the shark kind is intended.