Luke 11:29
And when the assemblies had gathered together, he began to say, This evil generation requireth a sign; but no sign shall be given to it save the sign of Jaunon the prophet.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
28He said to her, Blessed are they who hear the word of Aloha and keep it.
30For as was Jaunon a sign to the Ninvoyee, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Cross References
Matthew 12:38THEN answered certain from the scribes and Pharishee, and said to him, Teacher, we would wish to see a sign from thee.
Matthew 23:34On this account, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; (some) of these you shall kill and crucify; and (some) of these you shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.
Mark 8:38For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this generation, sinful and adulterous, the Son of man will also be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Luke 11:16while others, tempting him, the sign from heaven demanded of him.
Luke 12:1AND when (there) had gathered (by) myriads great assemblies, so that they would have trodden upon one another, Jeshu began to say to his disciples, Beware for yourselves before all things of the leaven of the Pharishee, which is hypocrisy.
Matthew Henry on Luke 11:28-29
Praise and a Blessing. 27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. We had not this passage in the other evangelists, nor can we tack it, as Dr. Hammond does, to that of Christ's mother and brethren desiring to speak with him (for this evangelist also has related that in ch. viii. 19… Read the whole commentary →