What was the relationship between Noah and Jesus?
Saint Peter says that eight people were saved through water in the ark, as a figure of baptism. 1 Peter 3:20-21
What the Bible says
1 Peter 3:20
Which had been some time incredulous, when they waited for the patience of God in the days of Noe, when the ark was a building: wherein a few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water.
1 Peter 3:21
Whereunto baptism being of the like form, now saveth you also: not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the examination of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
What the Church teaches
The Church sees in Noah’s ark a prefiguring of salvation by baptism.
Catechism 1219; Catechism 1094 · Catechism of the Catholic Church
Did you know?
Jesus also spoke of the days of Noah: people went on with their lives, without noticing, until the flood came. Matthew 24:37-39