Matthew 12:41
Context12:41 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!
Matthew 16:4
Context16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then 4 he left them and went away.
Matthew 12:39
Context12:39 But he answered them, 5 “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.


[12:41] 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).
[12:41] 2 tn Grk “at the preaching of Jonah.”
[16:4] 4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
[12:39] 7 tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.