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Question: If Christ was in the grave only a part of three days, approximately 36 hours, how can we explain Matt. 12:40, “For as Jonah 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.” The three days can be explained as parts of three days, but how can the three nights be explained? Answer: It is true that our Lord was not actually three whole days and three nights – 72 hours – in the grave, but part of...