Matthew 12:41-43
1599 Geneva Bible
41 [a]The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: for they (A)repented at the preaching of Jonah: and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
42 (B)The Queen of the [b]South shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the [c]utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon: and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
43 ¶ (C)Now when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
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- Matthew 12:41 Christ teacheth by the sorrowful example of the Jews, that there are none more miserable than they which put out the light of the Gospel which was kindled in them.
- Matthew 12:42 He meaneth the Queen of Sheba: whose country is South in respect of the land of Israel, 1 Kings 10.
- Matthew 12:42 For Sheba is situated in the utmost coast of . . . Arabia at the mouth of the Arabian Sea.
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