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The Crucifixion and The Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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  “Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.   But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:   For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.   (Matthew 12:38).     Jesus told them that the only sign He would give was that of the prophet Jonah: “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:40).   Jesus told them point blank that He was going to be in the tomb for three days and for three nights. We now come to the week Jesus was crucified.   “And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his di...