32The 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.
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For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-36)Christ’s discourse in these verses shows two things:— I. What is the sign we may expect from God for the confirmation of our faith . The great and most convincing proof of Christ’s being sent of God, and which they were yet to wait for, after the many signs that had been given them, was the resurrection of Christ from the dead. Here is, 1. A reproof to the people for demanding other signs than wha…
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