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Mat_12:41 f. Ἀναστήσονται ] Men of Nineveh will come forward, that is to say, as witnesses. Similarly ÷åÌí , Job_16:8; Mar_14:57; Plat. Legg. xi. p. 937 A; Plut. Marcell. 27. Precisely similar is the use of ἐγερθήσεται below (comp. Mat_11:11, Mat_24:11). Others (Augustine, Beza, Elsner, Fritzsche) interpret: in vitam redibunt. This is flat and insipid, and inconsistent with ἐν τῇ κρίσει .
μετά ] with, not: against. Both parties are supposed to be standing alongside of each other, or opposite each other, in the judgment.
κατακρ .] by their conduct, ὅτι μετενόησαν , etc. “Ex ipsorum comparatione isti merito damnabuntur,” Augustine. Comp. Rom_2:27.
ὧδε ] like Mat_12:6, refers to the person of Jesus, which is a grander phenomenon than Jonah. For πλεῖον , comp. Mat_12:6.
βασίλισσα νότου ] a queen from the South, i.e. from Sheba in Southern Arabia, 1Ki_10:1 ff.; 2Ch_9:1 ff.