2009-09-24T16:30:05-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/sign+of+jonah/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2012:38-40&version=NIV 2009-09-24T16:30:05-05:00 Jonah's three days in the belly of the whale are used here as a mirror of the three days that Jesus Christ would spend in the grave. Jesus uses the story of Jonah to rebuke his enemies.