Matthew 12:41

American Standard Version (1901)

The men of Nineveh shall stand 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἄνδρες Νινευῖται ἀναστήσονται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετὰ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτήν: ὅτι μετενόησαν εἰς τὸ κήρυγμα Ἰωνᾶ· καὶ, ἰδοὺ, πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε.

Transliteration

Andres Nineu̇itai anastēsontai in the krisei with the geneas this, and katakrinousin it: because metenoēsan at the kērygma of Iōna; and, idou, greater than Iōna here.

Grammar Details

• *Andres*: nominative, masculine, plural - men
• *Nineu̇itai*: nominative, masculine, plural - Ninevites
• *anastēsontai*: future, middle, indicative, 3rd plural - will rise up
• *krisei*: dative, feminine, singular - judgment
• *geneas*: genitive, feminine, singular - of generation
• *katakrinousin*: future, active, indicative, 3rd plural - will condemn
• *metenoēsan*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd plural - they repented
• *kērygma*: accusative, neuter, singular - preaching
• *Iōna*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jonah
• *idou*: aorist, middle, imperative, 2nd singular - behold/look

Word Meanings

• *Andres*: men/people/inhabitants
• *Nineu̇itai*: Ninevites/people of Nineveh
• *anastēsontai*: will rise up/will stand up/will resurrect
• *krisei*: judgment/trial/evaluation
• *geneas*: generation/race/age
• *katakrinousin*: will condemn/will pronounce judgment against
• *metenoēsan*: repented/changed their minds/turned
• *kērygma*: preaching/proclamation/message
• *idou*: behold/look/see

Referenced Verses

• Matt 12:42 : 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
• Matt 12:6 : 6 But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
• Rom 2:27 : 27 and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law?
• Isa 54:17 : 17 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 Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.
• Jer 3:11 : 11 And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
• Ezek 16:51-52 : 51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done. 52 Thou also, bear thou thine own shame, in that thou hast given judgment for thy sisters; through thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that thou: yea, be thou also confounded, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
• Jonah 1:2 : 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
• Jonah 3:5-9 : 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; 8 but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.
• Heb 3:5-6 : 5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken; 6 but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
• Matt 12:39 : 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:
• Matt 12:45 : 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.
• Matt 16:4 : 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.
• Matt 17:17 : 17 And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? bring him hither to me.
• Matt 23:36 : 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
• Luke 11:32 : 32 The men of Nineveh shall stand 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.
• John 3:31 : 31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
• John 4:12 : 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
• John 8:53-58 : 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God; 55 and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad. 57 The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.