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Across the board, the sign of Jonah is interpreted as the resurrection:otseng wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:26 am So, what we have with the Shroud of Turin is verifiable evidence that supports the claim of the resurrection of Jesus.
What is also interesting is Jesus said his resurrection would be the only evidence he would provide that he is the Messiah.
When asked by the Pharisees to show that he is from God, Jesus replied with the sign of Jonah.
[Mat 12:38-40 NIV] Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you." 39 He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
He also had said he would rebuild the temple in 3 days.
[Jhn 2:18-19 NIV] 18 The Jews then responded to him, "What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?" 19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days."
Both of these are references to him being resurrected after three days.
This evidence was not only for the Jews of the first century. It is evidence for us today as well. We have the actual shroud of Jesus in our hands today that testifies to Jesus being the Messiah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JonahIn the New Testament, Jesus calls himself "greater than Jonah" and promises the Pharisees "the sign of Jonah", which is his resurrection.
In the New Testament, Jonah is mentioned in the gospels of Matthew[45] and Luke.[46][47] In Matthew, Jesus makes a reference to Jonah when he is asked for a sign by some of the scribes and the Pharisees.[48][49] Jesus says that the sign will be the sign of Jonah:[48][49] Jonah's restoration after three days and three night inside the great fish prefigures His own resurrection.
https://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/sign-jonahJesus does, however, promise the "sign of the prophet Jonah" (v. 39). Many first-century Jews believed the Ninevites repented when Jonah preached because they knew God spoke through him, and they knew this because they knew God saved him from drowning (Jonah 1:17–3:10). Similarly, Jesus' resurrection, which is like Jonah's rescue (Matt. 12:40), also signifies God's vindication of Him and affirms the truth of His words (Rom. 1:1–4).
https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-s ... ction.htmlThe sign of Jonah is both a metaphor and a prophecy of Jesus’s crucifixion, burial, and resurrection.
https://www.bibleref.com/Matthew/16/Matthew-16-4.htmlIt will become clear after Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection that the most powerful sign He can offer to those who are asking is to return from dead on the third day as Jonah returned from the "dead" after three days' "burial" in the sea.
https://www.acatholic.org/monday-octobe ... -of-jonah/Commentaries agree that in the passage from Luke today Jesus is talking about Jonah’s three days in the fish as parallel to Jesus’ three days in the tomb. The sign of Jonah is the sign of the Resurrection.
https://answering-islam.org/Gilchrist/jonah.htmlNow it becomes clear why Jesus gave the Jews this one sign, the Sign of the prophet Jonah. His death, burial and resurrection from the dead would surely prove to them that he was the Messiah.
https://latterdaysaintmag.com/what-is-t ... -of-jonah/This sign of Jonah has obvious connections to the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Greek word used for sign is sēmeion (G4592).
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon ... jv/tr/0-1/- a sign, mark, token.
- that by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others and is known
- a sign, prodigy, portent, i.e. an unusual occurrence, transcending the common course of nature
- of signs portending remarkable events soon to happen
- of miracles and wonders by which God authenticates the men sent by him, or by which men prove that the cause they are pleading is God's
In the LXX, sēmeion is used in the following passages:
Gen 4:15 And the LORD set a mark (sēmeion) upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Gen 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token (sēmeion) of a covenant between me and the earth.
Gen 17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token (sēmeion) of the covenant between me and you.
Ex 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token (sēmeion) upon the houses where ye [are]: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy [you], when I smite the land of Egypt.
Stalley argues the TS is the tangible sign of Jonah:
https://www.academia.edu/42193327/Are_T ... ect_Texts_- Jesus did promise one good, extraordinary, visible Sign!
- A special Sign (attesting miracle) that his opponents (or, at least, that “generation”) would be able to “see”
- A spectacular Sign that would be “from heaven” (i.e., by the hand of God Almighty from above)
- A particular Sign that would have an affinity to (or a typological association with) the experience of Jonah inside the sea monster and his ministry before the Ninevites
- Something about the appearance of Jonah likely served as a warning to the Ninevites. Likewise, “the sign of Jonah” likely involved something about the appearance of Jesus following his entombment.
- The Sign should show evidence of Jesus having been in the tomb for less than seventy-two hours.
- As Jonah was delivered from his entombment, so the promised Sign should reveal typological evidence of Jesus having been delivered from the captivity of his tomb.
- The special Sign will serve as a warning of “Judgment” to come upon that current “evil and adulterous generation.”
- The Sign should have evidence connecting Jesus with Daniel’s “Son of Man.”
- The Sign could be described as “something,” not necessarily someone.
