For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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Jerome
AD 420
Excellently is that said, “and adulterous,” seeing she has put away her husband, and, according to Ezekiel, has joined herself to many lovers.
Not that He remained three whole days and three nights in hell, but that thisbe understood to imply a part of the preparation day, and of the Lord’s day, and the whole sabbath day.
