Jesus said that the 'sign', would be the 'Sign of Jonah'.
This included Jesus being in the Grave for three full days and three full nights.
But it also included Jonah going through the city of Nineveh for forty days.
The men of Nineveh repented. Most of The men of First Century Judea did not repent in the 40 years given to them to do so.
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. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here? (Matthew 12:38?41).
40days of going through Nineveh. "This Generation", a Generation is 40 years. From the Crucifixion until The destruction of The People, The Place, and The Law (Mosaic) was 40 year.... ie? AD 70.
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