( Read Matthew 12: 39, 40.) Jesus explained that Jonah’s sojourn in the belly of the fish ​ — which would have been Jonah’s grave had Jehovah not preserved him alive — ​ was prophetic of Jesus ’ own time in the grave.
وَأَوْضَحَ أَنَّ ٱلْوَقْتَ ٱلَّذِي قَضَاهُ يُونَانُ فِي بَطْنِ ٱلسَّمَكَةِ —‏ اَلَّتِي لَوْلَا تَدَخُّلُ يَهْوَهَ لَأَصْبَحَتْ قَبْرًا لِيُونَانَ —‏ رَمَزَ إِلَى ٱلْوَقْتِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ سَيَقْضِيهِ هُوَ فِي ٱلْقَبْرِ .‏