Matthew 12:41

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

Men

Luke 11:32

Rise

This

Behold

Hebrews 3:5

General references

Matthew 12:6

Luke 11:30

John 4:30

Bible References

Men

The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

Rise

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.

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from me, saith the LORD.

And the LORD said to me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thy abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thy abominations which thou hast done.

And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfilleth the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

This

But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah.

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign; and there shall no sign been to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

Behold

But I say to you, that in this place is one greater than the temple.

He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his children, and his cattle?

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterwards to be spoken.

General references

But I say to you, that in this place is one greater than the temple.

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of man be to this generation.

Then they went out of the city, and came to him.