The Sign of Jonah to an Unbelieving Generation (Matthew

https://thenarrowpath.com | Channel not run by Steve Gregg | In this lecture, Steve Gregg explains Jesus’ interaction with the scribes and Pharisees who demanded a miraculous sign, even though they had already witnessed His works. Jesus rebukes their unbelief by declaring that no further sign will be given except the “sign of the prophet Jonah”—a foreshadowing of His own death and resurrection. Gregg emphasizes that Jesus highlights the spiritual responsiveness of Gentiles such as the Ninevites and the Queen of Sheba, who repented or traveled far in response to lesser revelation than what Israel now rejected. He also examines the debated phrase “three days and three nights,” clarifying it as a Jewish idiom that includes any part of a day. Overall, the passage shows that unbelief is not due to insufficient evidence but to a resistant heart, and that Jesus’ resurrection will stand as the ultimate sign validating His divine mission. | Transcript: https://opentheo.org/i/69265362268959...

Scripture
Matthew 12:38-42
New King James Version
The Scribes and Pharisees Ask for a Sign

38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”

39 But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.


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