Agoerner says:
By saying that He was GREATER than Jonah, Jesus was teaching that what would happen to Him would be even greater than what happened to Jonah. Jesus has conquered death and no one else has! His grave is empty.
There is something else we need to keep in mind. Both Jesus and Jonah preached the message of repentance. Nineveh preached “40 days and Nineveh will be destroyed.” Jesus also preached the message of repentance to the Jews. Nineveh repented at Jonah’s preaching and therefore wasn’t destroyed. Jerusalem did not repent at Jesus’ preaching and was destroyed in 70 AD (almost 40 years after Jesus was crucified). Because the Jews did not repent, Jonah’s judgment fell upon the Jews.
To summarize, Jesus was teaching that what would happen to Him would be even greater than what happened to Jonah. Jesus would be crucified by the unbelieving Jews, He would rise again from the dead and as proof of His kingship He would judge Jerusalem for her unbelief. Jesus’ judgment of Jerusalem happened about 40 years after He was crucified, just as He said.
These great and enduring signs Jesus gave to the Jews of His day are also signs for us today. Jesus has conquered death and no one else has! His grave is empty. Because Jesus has been raised from the dead, we can have assurance of salvation.
Paarsurrey says:
Hi friend agoerner
I think Matthew did not understand Jesus correctly or his writings have been changed and hence he was not among those who helped Jesus survive a cursed death of Cross.
Nicodemus and Joseph Armathea and other knew the exact status of Jesus andh hence they hurriedly took him to a spacious and airy tomb for the treatment.
Jesus trusted friends did not abondom him. If sinful Matthew deserted Jesus and fled away; that shows that he was not faithful to Jesus and hence his testimony is good for nothing.
If Jesus would have died then they would have arranged for a funeral bath and other funeral rites would have been performed. Why did Matthew and others so called disciples not arrange for these things?
I love Jesus and Mary as I do love Moses and his mother.
Thanks
I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim
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