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In the judgment (en tēi krisei). Except here and in the next verse Matthew has “day of judgment” (hēmera kriseōs) as in Mat 10:15; Mat 11:22, Mat 11:24; Mat 12:36. Luke (Luk 10:14) has en tēi krisei.
They repented at the preaching of Jonah (metenoēson eis to kērugma Iōna). Note this use of eis just like en. Note also pleion (neuter), not pleiōn (masc.). See the same idiom in Mat 12:6 and Mat 12:48. Jesus is something greater than the temple, than Jonah, than Solomon. “You will continue to disbelieve in spite of all I can say or do, and at last you will put me to death. But I will rise again, a sign for your confusion, if not for your conversion” (Bruce).