Lesson 4373

  (Lesson 4373)(01-22-23) Luke 11:29-30 

“And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.” 

 

In today’s quote, Jesus spoke to a large gathering of the Jews, and he characterized them as evil, he emphasized their constant demand for signs. He declared that no sign would be given to them except the sign of Jonah, the prophet. Jesus drew a parallel between Jonah's experience of being in the belly of a fish for three days and nights and his own impending death, burial, and resurrection. He suggested that, just as Jonah's experience was a sign to the Ninevites, his own death and resurrection would be a sign to his generation.~