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Luke 11:32 Cross-References

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

Luke 11:32 (KJV)

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Jonahthe prophet, son of Amittai, from Gath-hepher (2KI 14:25)

Commentary on Luke 11:32

The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here (μετενόησαν εἰς τὸ κήρυγμα Ἰωνᾶ, καὶ ἰδοὺ πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε)—Jesus's second witness comes from Nineveh, the notoriously wicked Assyrian capital that repented at Jonah's preaching (Jonah 3:5-10). These Gentile pagans will condemn Israel's impenitence. The aorist metanoeō (repented) indicates decisive turning, despite Jonah being a reluctant prophet with a mere forty-word sermon.A greater than Jonas—again the neuter pleio...

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