Matthew 12:41
'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!
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Jeremiah 3:11And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Justified herself hath backsliding Israel, More than treacherous Judah.
Jonah 1:2'Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.'
Matthew 12:6and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;
Matthew 12:42'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, a greater than Solomon here!
Matthew 16:4'A generation evil and adulterous doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;' and having left them he went away.
Matthew 23:36verily I say to you, all these things shall 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 →