The Sign of Jonah
Jonah remains inside the great fish for three days and nights before being delivered alive onto land.
Jonah 1:17
17¶ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah 2:10
10¶ And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
The prophetic text and its New Testament horizon
New Testament fulfillment
Jesus' passion and resurrection, commonly dated around AD 30–33
Sources & further reading
Historical facts and interpretive background are kept as structured citations so links can be checked and maintained over time.
4Q Minor Prophets
Israel Antiquities AuthorityOfficial collection record for an ancient manuscript witness to this Old Testament book. It supports the text’s antiquity and transmission context, not the claimed fulfillment by itself.
Related archaeology: 4Q Minor Prophets (4Q82)
Watchman 33 Archaeological EvidenceResearch dossier for the manuscript cited above, including its identification, preserved text, provenance, scholarly sources, and interpretive limits.
The sources establish the historical record and provide background on the biblical passage. The conclusion that these events fulfill prophecy is the stated interpretation of Watchman 33.