In Luke 24 verse 46, Jesus says it was written that He would die then rise from death on the third day.
Can anyone refer me to the precise Old Testament prophecy please, is it in Isaiah?
Just a small sample of scripture references to the third day or three days - way too many references to post them all.
Jonah 1:17 And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish
three days and three nights.
Matthew 12:40 For just as Jonah was
three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Exodus 8:27 We must go
three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as he tells us.
Joshua 1:10 And Joshua commanded the officers of the people,
11 “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within
three days you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
Hosea 6:1 “Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
2 After
two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
2Kings 20:5 “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you.
On
the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD,
1Samuel 30:11 They found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. And they gave him bread and he ate. They gave him water to drink,
12 and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water
for three days and three nights.
Esther 4:15 Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink
for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though
it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”