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Matthew 12:40

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For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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Nineveh was the Assyrian capital, where its people repented at Jonah’s preaching; “the South” refers to the queen of Sheba, likely from Arabia

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Matthew 12:40 mentions Nineveh and South.

Nineveh · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
South · Tapatio

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