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53 Are you greater than our father Abraham,[a] who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be?”(A)

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  1. 8:53 Are you greater than our father Abraham?: cf. Jn 4:12.

53 Are you greater than our father Abraham?(A) He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”

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41 [a]At the judgment, the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and there is something greater than Jonah here.

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  1. 12:41–42 The Ninevites who repented (see Jon 3:1–10) and the queen of the south (i.e., of Sheba; see 1 Kgs 10:1–13) were pagans who responded to lesser opportunities than have been offered to Israel in the ministry of Jesus, something greater than Jonah or Solomon. At the final judgment they will condemn the faithless generation that has rejected him.

41 The men of Nineveh(A) will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah,(B) and now something greater than Jonah is here.

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