39 “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.
42 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.
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Historical source · 1897 · selected excerpts
- Solomon
David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). […] His history is recorded in 1 Kings 1-11 and 2 Chr. 1-9.
- Nineveh
a great and populous city, the flourishing capital of the Assyrian empire (2 Kings 19:36; Isa. 37:37).
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29 “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation.
31 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineveh will stand up 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.
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Historical source · 1897 · selected excerpts
- Solomon
David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). […] His history is recorded in 1 Kings 1-11 and 2 Chr. 1-9.
- Nineveh
a great and populous city, the flourishing capital of the Assyrian empire (2 Kings 19:36; Isa. 37:37).
- Jonah
He was a prophet of Israel, and predicted the restoration of the ancient boundaries (2 Kings 14:25-27) of the kingdom. […] His personal history is mainly to be gathered from the book which bears his name.