The Forty-Day Period In Scripture

From the Men's Society of our Edgerton Church comes this question: Does the forty days of Jonah 3:4have any relationship to those of Exodus 34:28, I Kings 19:8, and Matthew 4:2, From the Men's Society of our Edgerton Church comes this question: Does the forty days of Jonah 3:4have any relationship to those of Exodus 34:28, I Kings 19:8, and Matthew 4:2, Gen. 7:17 and Acts 1:3? What is the typical significance of this period of time? Let us first take note of the contents of these various...