Luke 11:30 “For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a…”

Luke 11:30

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

World English Bible

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation.

American Standard Version

For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Geneva Bible 1599

For as Ionas was a signe to the Niniuites: so shall also the Sonne of man bee to this generation.

Darby Translation

For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Young's Literal Translation

for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

Bible in Basic English

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.

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Cross references

“For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.”

Matthew 12:40–42 Jonah 3:2–10 Jonah 1:17 Jonah 2:10 Luke 24:46 Luke 24:47

Matthew 12:40–42 · BSB

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Jonah 3:2–10 · BSB

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”

Jonah 1:17 · BSB

Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.

Jonah 2:10 · BSB

And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Luke 24:46 · BSB

And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

Luke 24:47 · BSB

and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

29As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

31The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

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