Hi
I heard Ray on one of his audios discuss the book of Jonah in relation to Jesus quoting from the book of Jonah and how Jesus used the term sign when relating to the story of Jonah.
Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you."
39 He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matt12:38
Does this mean that the book of Jonah is not meant to be interpreted as a literal event ? or is it meant to interpreted as an allegory/parable pointing to a higher truth (rich man and Lazarus) that Jesus's answer to the Pharisees seems to be alluding to? Or perhaps both.
Perhaps someone could also help me with this from Matthew 27
Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10and they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me." Matt 27:9
I looked for the above quote in Jeremiah but it does not appear in any of his writings but in Zechariah 11:12-13. Did Jeremiah record the words of Zechariah thus having this statement attributed to him or is there another possible explanation.
Dave