Still another explanation could be the reference to the sign of Jonah.

Jesus says that the sign will be the sign of Jonah.

Jesus refuses to give a sign to those who demand one, except the sign of Jonah.

The fish is also used by Jesus to describe "the Sign of Jonah".

The sign of Jonah Jesus point-blank refused to do miracles on request.

In what way is the "sign of Jonah" puzzling as a prediction of Jesus' resurrection?

The sign of Jonah.

Jesus says that his generation is evil (and adulterous), and will not be given a sign, except the sign of Jonah.

Jesus, himself, paralleled His death and resurrection with the 'sign of Jonah' - three days in the belly of the great fish.

A wicked and aduterous generation looks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah."

What Indeed Was the Sign of Jonah?

He had given them a sign. "No sign shall be given unto it except the sign of Jonah."

Allusions to fish and the "sign of Jonah" came to be widely used among early Christians, but not among Jerusalem's Jews.

"It is an evil and unfaithful generation asking for a sign, and the only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah."

He states that he offers no sign as proof (Mark) or only the sign of Jonah (Matthew and Luke).

Edwards, The Sign of Jonah in the Theology of the Evangelists and Q).

Here Jesus gave them a clear answer and set before them just one sign by which they could be assured of his claims, namely, the Sign of Jonah.

The signing of Jonah Lomu helped attendances rise to an average of 8,173 in Celtic League and Heineken Cup home games.

All are invited to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1320 S. Blackhawk Ave., for the midweek Lenten series, The Sign of Jonah.

Muslims argue that, if that was indeed the case, the Sign of Jonah has no meaning because Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the fish.

Assuredly the Jews must have been very perplexed about this claim but every time they asked Jesus for a sign, he promised them no other sign but the Sign of Jonah.

Again, it is clear that the sign of Jonah is not a true sign because it will come too late, since God's vindication of the son of man will be coincidental with national judgment.

Jesus absorbed their earnest quests for signs and said to them: "This generation is an evil generation: it seeks a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

Following an unexplained experiment on a cow in another part of the facility, a security alarm goes off and Nic, along with other personnel, finds large scorch marks running across the walls and no sign of Jonah.

In Matthew the sign of Jonah is explained as follows: "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."