The Sign of Jonas the Prophet

At least on two separate occasions during His public ministry Jesus made the candid remark, "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." It bears the earmarks of a Mashal, that is, a proverb, or dark saying, frequently used in Scripture for the purpose of forcing itself upon the attention of the audience to set them to thinking, so that they cannot forget it and must ponder its significance, whether they...