Verbally identical with Luke 11:32. The men of Nineveh ( ἄνδρες νινευῖται). No article, because the evangelist desired to call attention to the character of the Ninevites. The men of Nineveh, heathen though they were, shall do this.
ἄνδρες (not ἄνθρωποι); hardly because of the approaching mention of a woman (cf. Luke 11:31), but because the men in the city would naturally take the lead, and not the women. So also in the LXX.
of Jonah 3:5 (contrast Jonah 3:7, of the population generally). Shall rise in judgment; shall stand up in the judgment (Revised Version); i.e. shall stand up as witnesses in the final judgment (Luke 10:14).
With this generation; i.e. present before the judgment-seat with them, for what purpose is shown by the following words (cf. Winer, § 47, h). And shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas (Jonah 3:5, sqq.
). Observe that this was without miracles or signs being wrought. At ( εἰς). Marking the direction of their faith (Romans 4:20). And, behold, a greater than—"Gr. more than"—Jonas is here (Jonah 3:6, note).