Luke 11:30

Luke 11:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
• New International Version (NIV)For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

Context of Luke 11:30

28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep [it]. 29But as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas. For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, thus shall also the Son of man be to this generation. 31A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here. 32Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

Luke 11:30 word by word

καθὼς γὰρ ἐγένετο Ἰωνᾶς τοῖς Νινευίταις σημεῖον, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ.Read the interlinear

• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• signσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
• NinevitesΝινευΐτηςNineuitēs · NineviteG3536
• thusοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• generationγενεάgenea · generationG1074

Cross-references for Luke 11:30

• Luke 24:46and said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved the Christ to suffer, and to rise from among the dead the third day;
• Jonah 1:17And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
• Jonah 2:10And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
• Jonah 3:2Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I shall bid thee.
• Matthew 12:40For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Commentaries on Luke 11:30

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29-32Verses 29-32 See the notes at Matthew 12:38-42.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-36Verses 29-36 Christ promised that there should be one sign more given, even the sign of Jonah the prophet; which in Matthew is explained, as meaning the resurrection of Christ; and he warned them to improve this sign. But though Christ himself were the constant preacher in any congregation, and worked miracles daily among them, yet unless his grace humbled their hearts, they would not profit by his word. Let us not desire more evidence and fuller teaching…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30The sign of Jonah might refer to the resurrection of Jesus. Jonah's time in the fish was a sign to the Ninevites that God had sent him, similar to the time Jesus spent in the grave ("in the heart of the earth"; Matthew 12:40). It could also mean that both Jonah and Jesus preached God's warning to repent (see Luke 11:32).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3229-32. (See on Mt 12:39-42.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 11:30

• Jesus, the Christ
• Jonah
• Pharisees
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Son of man
• Allow
• Clean
• Hinder
• Judgment
• Manner
• Ravening
• Seek
• Sign
• Teach

Commentaries on Luke 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings