Luke 11:30

Greek	καθὼς γὰρ ἐγένετοplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγίνομαι greek Meaning * To Become * To Come into being * Generate * To Happen * Brought to pass Verb. Different from εἰμί (which means “to be” - a state of existence); γίνομαι, instead, emphasizes coming to be - a transition or event.John 1:14John 1:3Matthew 6:10 Ἰωνᾶς τοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article Νινευείταις σημεῖον, οὕτως ἔσταιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article υἱὸς τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀνθρώπου τῇplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γενεᾷ ταύτῃ.plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19
ESV	For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
NIV	For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.
NLT	What happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. What happens to the Son of Man will be a sign to these people that he was sent by God.
KJV	For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

^{Luke 11:29 ← Luke 11:30 → Luke 11:31}

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