Mat 12:40 | RWP | e4.org | The whale ( του κητους ). Sea-monster, huge fish. In the LXX has κητε μεγαλω . "Three days and three nights" may simply mean three days in popular speech. Jesus rose "on the third day" ( ), not "on the fourth day." It is just a fuller form for "after three days" ( ; ).

‏ Matthew 12:40

The whale ( του κητους ). Sea-monster, huge fish. In Jon 2:1 the LXX has κητε μεγαλω. "Three days and three nights" may simply mean three days in popular speech. Jesus rose "on the third day" (Mt 16:21), not "on the fourth day." It is just a fuller form for "after three days" (Mr 8:31; 10:34).