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Mat 12:39. Γεμεὰ, a generation) A race of the same age and disposition.-μοιχαλὶς, adulterous) i.e. strictly so speaking: see ch. Mat 5:32; and also, by synecdoche, very guilty; see Jam 4:4.-σημεῖον, a sign) and one too of a certain special kind. This word is thrice repeated here with great emphasis; cf. 2Co 11:12, where the meaning is, They wish for an occasion, and no occasion is given them; which resembles what is said here, They seek for a sign, and no sign shall be given them.-ἐπιζητεῖ seeketh in addition) i.e. beyond those which it has already seen, it requires further signs, as if it had seen none yet.-τὸ σημεῖον Ἰωνᾶ, the sign of Jonah) that is such a one as was given in Jonah.