Matthew 12:41
Men of Nineveh, will rise up in the judgment, with this generation, and will condemn it,—because they repented into the proclamation of Jonah; and lo! something greater than Jonah, here.
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Jeremiah 3:11Then said Yahweh unto me,—Apostate Israel, hath justified herself,—more than treacherous Judah.
Jonah 1:2Arise, get thee to Nineveh the great city, and proclaim unto it,—that their wickedness, hath come up, before me.
Matthew 12:6But I say unto you,—Something greater than the Temple, is here!
Matthew 12:42The queen of the south, will arise in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it—because she came out of the ends of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo! something greater than Solomon, here.
Matthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation, a sign, doth seek after, and, a sign, will not be given it,—save the sign of Jonah. And, leaving them behind, he departed.
Matthew 23:36Verily, I say unto you—All these things, will have come, upon this generation.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:39-46
The Pharisees Ask a Sign. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this… Read the whole commentary →