14 And you are like this beggar man; you offer to exchange your faith for signs.
15 But I will give to all the world one sign as surety that the Christ abides with me.
16 You all have read the parable of Jonah and the fish, wherein it is recorded that the prophet spent three days and nights within the stomach of the mighty fish, and then came forth.
17 The son of man will spend three days and nights within the heart of earth and then come forth again, and men will see and know.
18 Behold, the light may be so bright that men cannot see anything.
19 The Spirit light has shown so brightly over Galilee that you who hear me now are blind.
20 You may have read the words of prophet Azrael; he said, The light shall shine out brightly in the darkness of the night, and men shall comprehend it not.
21 That time has come; the light shines forth; you see it not.
22 The Queen of Sheba sat in darkest night and still she yearned for light.
23 She came to hear the words of wisdom from the lips of Solomon, and she believed;