Matt 12 and Luke 11 "QUEEN OF SOUTH AND NINEVITES" JUDGING GENERATION

I came across these verses, which I are part of the 1st century Jerusalem/Temple discourse/parousia, and found some differences in the wording between the Ninevites [standing up G450]nd Queen of the South [being roused G1453].

Both Matthew and Luke mention this event.
I thought it might be interesting to look more closely at these "end time" verses.

450. anistemi from 303 and 2476;
to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive):--arise, lift up, raise up (again), rise (again), stand up(-right).
303. ana a primary preposition and adverb;
properly, up; but (by extension) used (distributively) severally, or (locally) at (etc.)
2476. histemi a prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o (of the same meaning, and used for it in certain tenses);
to stand (transitively or intransitively),

Matthew 12
34 Offspring of vipers! How can you who are evil speak good things? For from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man from a good treasure brings good things, and an evil man from evil treasure brings evil things. 36 For I say to you that every idle word that people will speak, they will give an answer for it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned." 38 Then some of the Scribes and Pharisees responded and they were saying to him, "Teacher we wish to see a sign from you." 39 But he answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah the Prophet. 40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, thus The Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

41 `Men Ninevites shall be standing up<450> in the judging with this generation and they shall be condemning it,
That they repent<3340> into the proclamation of Jonah and behold! more of Jonah here.

Luke 11:
27 And while he was speaking these things, a woman raised her voice from the crowd and she said to him, "Blessing to the womb that carried you and to the breasts that suckled you." 28 He said to her, "Blessings to those who have heard the word of God and keep it."
29 And when the crowds were assembling he began to say, "This wicked generation seeks for a sign and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah the Prophet." 30 "For just as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites thus also the Son of the Man shall be to this generation."
31 "The Queen of The South shall stand in judgment with the people of this generation, and she shall condemn them, for she came from the far side of the land that she might hear the wisdom of Solomon and behold, he who is greater than Solomon is here."

32 'Men, Ninevites shall be standing-up<450> in the judging with this generation, and shall be condemning<2632 it,
That they repent<3340> at the proclamation of Jonah and behold! greater/more<4119> of Jonah here
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1453. egeiro probably akin to the base of 58 (through the idea of collecting one's faculties);
to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying

Matthew 12
34Offspring of vipers! How can you who are evil speak good things? For from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. 35A good man from a good treasure brings good things, and an evil man from evil treasure brings evil things. 36For I say to you that every idle word that people will speak, they will give an answer for it in the day of judgment. 37For by your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned." 38Then some of the Scribes and Pharisees responded and they were saying to him, "Teacher we wish to see a sign from you." 39But he answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah the Prophet. 40For just as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, thus The Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. 41The Ninevite men will arise in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here

42 `A Queen of the south shall be being roused/wakened<1453> in the judging<2920> with this generation and shall be condemning it.
That she came out of the ends of the land to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, more of Solomon here!

Luke 11:
27 And while he was speaking these things, a woman raised her voice from the crowd and she said to him, "Blessing to the womb that carried you and to the breasts that suckled you." 28 He said to her, "Blessings to those who have heard the word of God and keep it."
29 And when the crowds were assembling he began to say, "This wicked generation seeks for a sign and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah the Prophet." 30 "For just as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites thus also The Son of Man shall be to this generation."

31 'A queen of the south shall be being roused/wakened<1453> in the judging with the men of this generation, and shall be condemning them.
That she came from the ends of the land to hear the wisdom of Solomon and behold! greater/more than Solomon here!

TO BE CONTINUED.................

Matthew 12/Luke 11
`A Queen of the south shall be being roused/raised<1453> in the judging<2920> with this generation and shall be condemning it.
That she came out of the ends of the land to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, more of Solomon here!

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba are mentioned in the OT.

"queen" AND "solomon" occurs 25 times in 10 verses in the NKJV.

1Ki 10
1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.
13 Now King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon had given her according to the royal generosity. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
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2Ch 9
1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, having a very great retinue, camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.
12 Now King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, much more than she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
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`A Queen of the south shall be being roused/raised<1453> in the judging<2920> with this generation and shall be condemning it.

1453. egeiro probably akin to the base of 58
(through the idea of collecting one's faculties); to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence):--awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up), stand, take up.

Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke's Temple/Jerusalem Discourses harmonized
Mat 24:7-8

Matthew 24:
7 “For shall be being raised<1453> nation against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
And there will be famines, [*pestilences], and quakings in various places.
8 “Yet all these beginning of sorrows/travails<5604>.”

Mark 13:
8 For shall being raised<1453> nation against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
And shall be being quakings various places, and there shall be being famines and disturbances<5016>.
These beginning of sorrows/travails<5604>.”

Luke 21:
10 Then He said to them, “shall be being raised<1453> Nation against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,
11 Great quakings and famines and pestilences<3061> in various places. They shall be being fearful-things<5400> as<5037> also shall be being great signs from heaven.”

Mat 24:24
“For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

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Mat 27:64
“Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night[fn] and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.”

Luk 3:8
“Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

Luk 5:24
“But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”

Eph 5:14
Therefore He is saying:“ be wakening! you who sleep, Arise/stand-up! from the dead,
And shall be dawning/illuminating<2017 on you the Christ.”
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Used 1 time in Revelation:

Revelation 11
1 And was given to me a reed like-as rod saying "rouse/rise! and measure! the Sanctuary<3485> of the God and the Altar[Golden Altar] and those worshiping in it
2 and the Court/Fold<833> without of the Sanctuary, be casting-out!<1544> out-side<1854>, and no it thou should be measuring,
that it was given to the nations, and the holy City they shall be treading<3961> forty two months.

Matthew 12/Luke 11:32
41 `Men Ninevites shall be resurrecting/standing up<450> in the judging with this generation and they shall be condemning it,
That they repent into the proclamation of Jonah and Lo! more of Jonah here.
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"THIS GENERATION" in Bible

Matthew 12
40 “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish,
so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 16
4 “A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign,
and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.
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Luke 11
29 And while the crowds were thickly gathered together, He began to say, “This is an evil generation.
It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
30 “For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.
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Since Jesus mentions the Ninevites and Jonah, I decided to go to the OT and find out more info on Nineveh from both the Bible and historical sources. Fascinating study.

Nimrob is shown as building the City in the land of Assyria.

Nineveh is mentioned in 8 chapters of the OT

Gen 10
8 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.”
11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

Mic 5:6
They shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria, And the land of Nimrod at its entrances;
Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian, When he comes into our land And when he treads within our borders.
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Isa 36:1
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
Isa 37:37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.

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Jonah 3
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.”
3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD.
Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey[fn] in extent.
4 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
6 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.
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Nah 1:1
The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Nah 2:8
Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water, Now they flee away.
“Halt! Halt!” they cry; But no one turns back.
Nah 3:7
It shall come to pass that all who look upon you Will flee from you, and say,
‘Nineveh is laid waste! Who will bemoan her?' Where shall I seek comforters for you?”
Zep 2:13
And He will stretch out His hand against the north,
Destroy Assyria, And make Nineveh a desolation, As dry as the wilderness.

Matthew 12/Luke 11:32
41 `Men Ninevites shall be resurrecting/standing up<450> in the judging with this generation and they shall be condemning it,
That they repent into the proclamation of Jonah and Lo! more of Jonah here.
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Gen 10
8 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.”
11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
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Some history on Nineveh:

https://www.bible-history.com/biblestudy/nineveh.html

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cfford/342worldhistoryearly.html
Ancient Nineveh
Capital of the Assyrian Empire
Nineveh, Assyria

The history of civilization is littered with the ruins of once proud and mighty cities.
Nineveh was situated on the eastern side of the Tigris river just across from modern Mosul, Iraq's second largest city built on the western side of the Tigris.

Nineveh took its turn as one of three cities to be the capital of Assyria, whose rule over Mesopotamia dates back to 2400 BC and was an incredible civilization that rose from humble beginnings into a fearsome empire that ruled much of known world until its fall in 612 BC.

Because we read of the judgments upon Assyria we might tend to look upon them as some demon-possessed frothing people of whom nothing comes but evil. But the truth for Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire is true of every nation on earth. They had many kinds of people, subject to the cultural norms of the time, and doing the best they can to raise their children, survive and prosper. God through Jonah showed great mercy on its people because they repented hearing the word of God. (8th Century BC )

The Assyrians brought many scientific, philosophical and practical advances to humanity including many inventions that we take for granted today. Everyday most of us lock our doors when we leave the house, locks and keys were invented in Assyria.
They also invented a system that kept time and ascribed 360 degrees to a circle. They are given credit for inventing paved roads, the first postal system, the first use of iron, the first libraries, the first plumbing, flush toilets and aqueducts.
They came up with the first governmental administration of dividing of territories ruled by local governors reporting to a central authority.

The military rulers, as in many other nations, could be a brutal breed. They ruled their empire and subdued nations with absolute terror.
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It is mercifully interesting to note that after the fall of Nineveh, the Assyrian people did not disappear, they were simply ruled by others. Assyrians were some of the first converts by the earlier church and they became a thriving Christian community sending missionaries through out the eastern world. Today there is still an Assyrian Church with an amazing history and communities throughout the world.

The Assyrian empire became extremely great and powerful with NINEVEH as its center, all the way until its final destruction by the Chaldeans and the Medes. Nineveh was located in a very desirable place, east of the Tigris River in a very fertile plain. T
oday the ancient ruins are located just opposite of the present day city of Mosul. NINEVEH was also famous in the ancient world because it was a center for the worship of Ishtar (Astarte) the fertility goddess.

The size of NINEVEH is revealed in the Bible, in Jonah 3:3 and 4:11 (A 3 days journey in breadth with over 120,000 people). The classical writers describe NINEVEH as being over 60 miles wide. The city of Nineveh is described in Genesis 10:11 as having been founded by Nimrod, the hunter who built the tower of Babel and led the world into a rebellion against God. The Old Testament also mentions NINEVEH in relation to the prophet Jonah who preached judgment against NINEVEH, and afterward the city repented. The prophet Nahum predicted NINEVEH\'s destruction which came in 612 BC, and the famous city was never rebuilt. In the New Testament Jesus commended the inhabitants of NINEVEH for repenting at the preaching of Jonah, while condemning the Jewish leaders for resisting His own message.

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Matthew 12/Luke 11:32
41 `Men Ninevites shall be standing up<450> in the judging<2920> with this generation and they shall be condemning it,
That they repent into the proclamation of Jonah and Lo! more of Jonah here.
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G2920 κρίσις (krisis), occurs 48 times in 47 verses

All these verses appear to concern a certain "generation" and judgment on a "city/cities".

Mat 10:15
“Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!
Mat 11:22
“But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

Mat 23
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
33 “Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the judging of the gehenna fire?

Used in 2 verses of Mark.

The Greek word used for "dust" # 5522 in Mark 6 is used in only 1 other verses in the entire NT.
1st century Jerusalem in Revelation 18!

Mar 6:11
“And whoever[fn] will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust<5522> under your feet as a testimony against them.
Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”

G5522 χοῦς (chous), occurs 2 times in 2 verses

The Great City/Harlot/Queen Revelation chapts 17-19

Revelation 18:
18 and they cried<2896>, observing the smoke of Her firing<4451>, saying, "What like to the great City?"
19 and they cast dust<5522> upon their heads, and cried<2896>, lamenting<2799>, weeping and mourning<3996> saying,
"Woe! woe! the great City! in which are rich all those having ships<4143> in the sea, out of Her preciousness<5094>,
for to one hour was She was desolated<2049>.

20 ‘Be making merry<2165> over Her, O heaven, and the Saints, the Apostles and the Prophets,
that the GOD judges the judgment of ye out of Her!’

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BABerean2 said: ↑
Mat 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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mkgal1 said: ↑
I should type up my own auto response to this - you use it so often - but my line of thought has been that maybe if I keep rewording my response, at some point, it will maybe eventually make sense to you.
I believe this passage is saying that, basically, the Queen of Sheba and the men of Nineveh were from a whole other culture (they weren't Jewish.....they didn't grow up learning Hebrew Scriptures) but they believed that God is the One and only Lord of Lords - the One True God.

Their testimony of belief - held up against the Jewish UNbelievers of Jesus' day - that lived their lives alongside Him and STILL didn't believe - was what condemned them (and maybe "put them to shame" is a better phrase?). In other words - it was a matter of who was right/who was wrong (who had greater faith because of their background of being non Jews from another culture).

It's not a literal passage. "Rise up" doesn't mean literally dead people coming from the ground. It's their historical testimony that "rose up". And "time of the dead" in Revelation 11 doesn't mean His final return (I don't believe).

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Hello mkgal. Thanks for bringing up those verses.

Here are a few exegetical commentaries concerning the Greek used in Matt 12:41 [It is virtually identical with Luke 11:32.......

I will expound more about these in later posts........
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EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)

Meyer's NT Commentary

Matthew 12:41 f. Ἀναστήσονται] Men of Nineveh will come forward, that is to say, as witnesses. Similarly קוּם, Job 16:8; Mark 14:57; Plat. Legg. xi. p. 937 A; Plut. Marcell. 27. Precisely similar is the use of ἐγερθήσεται below (comp. Matthew 11:11, Matthew 24:11). Others (Augustine, Beza, Elsner, Fritzsche) interpret: in vitam redibunt. This is flat and insipid, and inconsistent with ἐν τῇ κρίσει.

μετά] with, not: against. Both parties are supposed to be standing alongside of each other, or opposite each other, in the judgment.

κατακρ.] by their conduct, ὅτι μετενόησαν, etc. “Ex ipsorum comparatione isti merito damnabuntur,” Augustine. Comp. Romans 2:27.

ὧδε] like Matthew 12:6, refers to the person of Jesus, which is a grander phenomenon than Jonah. For πλεῖον, comp. Matthew 12:6.

βασίλισσα νότου] a queen from the South, i.e. from Sheba in Southern Arabia, 1 Kings 10:1 ff.; 2 Chronicles 9:1 ff.
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Expositor's Greek Testament

Matthew 12:41. pplication of the reference in Matthew 12:39. The men of Nineveh are cited in condemnation of the Jewish contemporaries of Jesus. Cf. similar use of historic parallels in Matthew 11:20-24.—πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ, more than Jonah, cf. Matthew 12:6; refers either to Jesus personally as compared with Jonah, or to His ministry as compared with Jonah’s. In the latter case the meaning is: there is far more in what is now going on around you to shut you up to repentance than in anything Jonah said to the men of Nineveh (so Grotius).
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Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

41. in judgment with] More exactly, stand up in the judgment, i. e. in the day of judgment, beside. When on the day of judgment the Ninevites stand side by side with the men of that generation, they will by their penitence condemn the impenitent Jews.
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Bengel's Gnomen

Matthew 12:41. Ἄνδερες Νινευῖται, men of Nineveh) whose example was followed by their wives and children. In the following verse, the example of one woman is added, who heard a wise man, though it might seem more natural for the weaker sex to seek prophecy than wisdom.—ἀναστήσονται, shall rise) In the next verse, we find ἐγερθήσεται, shall he raised up; cf. in Luke 11:32; Luke 11:31; shall rise of their own accord, shall be raised up by the Divine volition. The force of each word is contained in the other.—μετὰ, with—κατακρινοῦσιν, shall condemn) Cf. Romans 2:27. Therefore, at the Last Judgment, those whose conduct is similar or opposite,[585] will be pitted in turn against each other.—ΕἸς, at) The faith of the Ninevites is hereby[586] asserted (proprie dicitur).—See Jonah 3:5. Cf. the use of εἰς, in Romans 4:20.—κήρυγμα, preaching) without miracles.[587]—Ἰωνᾶ, of Jonah) who was mentioned also in Matthew 12:39. The messengers of salvation are prophets, wise men, and scribes; see ch. Matthew 23:34. It did not become the Lord to act the Scribe; see John 7:15, and cf. Gnomon on Luke 4:16 : but He, the greatest Prophet, from the race of prophets selects him who best suited this occasion, namely Jonah; and, being wisdom itself, He, from the race of wise men, selects that distinguished wise man, Solomon; and declares that Something Greater than either of them was then present. Both of them had been believed without signs.—Πλεῖον, Something Greater) He who is rather to be heard.[588]—ὧδε, here) close at hand, cf. in the following verse.—ἐκ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς, from the uttermost parts of the earth.

[585] “Quorum par aut opposita est ratio,”—who stand on a like, or a contrasted and opposite footing, in relation to the judgment.—ED.

[586] The εἰς implies the faith whereby they turned to, and believed in, the preaching of Jonah.—ED.

[587] As in the case of Solomon, Matthew 12:42.—V. g.

[588] Who is Himself about to be the Judge.—V. g.
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Pulpit Commentary

Verse 41. - Verbally identical with Luke 11:32. [The] men of Nineveh (ἄνδρες Νινευῖται). No article, because the evangelist desired to call attention to the character of the Ninevites. The men of Nineveh, heathen though they were, shall do this. Ἄνδρες (not ἄνθρωποι); hardly because of the approaching mention of a woman (cf. Luke 11:31), but because the men in the city would naturally take the lead, and not the women. So also in the LXX. of Jonah 3:5 (contrast ver. 7, of the population generally). Shall rise in judgment; shall stand up in the judgment (Revised Version); i.e. shall stand up as witnesses (Job 16:8; Mark 14:57) in the final judgment (Luke 10:14). With this generation; i.e. present before the judgment-seat with them, for what purpose is shown by the following words (cf. Winer, § 47, h). And shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas (Jonah 3:5, sqq.). Observe that this was without miracles or signs being wrought. At (εἰς). Marking the direction of their faith (Romans 4:20). And, behold, a greater than - "Gr. more than" (Revised Version margin) - Jonas is here (ver 6, note).