Matthew 12:41-42

12:41 The people ¹  of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them ²  – and now, ³  something greater than Jonah is here! 12:42 The queen of the South ⁴  will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, ⁵  something greater than Solomon is here!

Luke 19:22

19:22 The king ⁶  said to him, ‘I will judge you by your own words, ⁷  you wicked slave! ⁸  So you knew, did you, that I was a severe ⁹  man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

Romans 3:19

3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under ¹⁰  the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

¹ tn Grk “men”; the word here (ἀνήρ, anhr) usually indicates males or husbands, but occasionally is used in a generic sense of people in general, as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 1.a, 2).

² tn Grk “at the preaching of Jonah.”

³ tn Grk “behold.”

⁴ sn On the queen of the South see 1 Kgs 10:1-3 and 2 Chr 9:1-12, as well as Josephus, Ant. 8.6.5-6 (8.165-175). The South most likely refers to modern southwest Arabia, possibly the eastern part of modern Yemen, although there is an ancient tradition reflected in Josephus which identifies this geo-political entity as Ethiopia.

⁵ tn Grk “behold.”

⁶ tn Grk “He”; the referent (the nobleman of v. 12, now a king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “out of your own mouth” (an idiom).

⁸ tn Note the contrast between this slave, described as “wicked,” and the slave in v. 17, described as “good.”

⁹ tn Or “exacting,” “harsh,” “hard.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “in,” “in connection with.”