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Matthew 12:41

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.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    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.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    The men of Ninivie shall rise at the daye of iugdement with this nacion and condemne them: for they amended at the preachinge of Ionas. And beholde a greater then Ionas is here.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    The men of Nineue shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and condemne it: for they repented at the preaching of Ionas: and behold, a greater then Ionas is here.

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Cross-references (19)

Passages linked to Matthew 12:41 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Matthew 12:42 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.
  • Hebrews 11:7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
  • Jeremiah 3:11 Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
  • Jonah 1:2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”
  • Matthew 12:6 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
  • Luke 11:32 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.
  • John 3:31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
  • Romans 2:27 Won’t the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?
  • Hebrews 3:5-6 Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken, but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
  • Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
  • Ezekiel 16:51-52 Samaria hasn’t committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all your abominations which you have done. You also bear your own shame yourself, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than you. Yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.
  • Jonah 3:5-10 The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least. The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands. Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?” God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.
  • Matthew 12:39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
  • Matthew 12:45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.”
  • Matthew 16:4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.
  • Matthew 17:17 Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
  • Matthew 23:36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
  • John 4:12 Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”
  • John 8:53-58 Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?” Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God. You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, ‘I don’t know him,’ I would be like you, a liar. But I know him and keep his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad.” The Jews therefore said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”

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Explain this verse (17 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Christ teacheth by the sorrowful example of the Jews,…

Christ teacheth by the sorrowful example of the Jews, that there are none more miserable than they which put out the light of the Gospel which was kindled in them.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The story of the men of Nineveh we have…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain While he yet talked to the people,.... Upon these…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 41. The men of Nineveh shell rise in…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Mat 12:41. The men of Nineveh, &c. — “The…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 41. Shall condemn it — The far superior example…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 41. in judgment with] More exactly, stand up in…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (41) The men of Nineveh shall rise . .…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Verbally identical with Luk_11:32. The men of Nineveh (andrev…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 41. The men of Nineveh. The great capital of…
Alexander MacLaren 1905 · Public Domain
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain The men of Nineveh
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain A warning call:
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 12:41-42 someone greater: Jesus is greater than the Temple…

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