Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
In the judgment (en th krisei). Except here and in the next verse Matthew has "day of judgment" (hmera krisewv) as in Matthew 10:15; Matthew 11:22, Matthew 11:24; Matthew 12:36. Luke (Luke 10:14) has en th krisei.
They repented at the preaching of Jonah (metenohson eiv to khrugma Iwna). Note this use of eiv just like en. Note also pleion (neuter), not pleiwn (masc.). See the same idiom in Matthew 12:6 and Matthew 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).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 12:41:
Matthew 10:41
Matthew 28:19
Mark 1:4
Mark 8:12
Luke 11:29
Luke 11:32
Acts 2:38
Acts 7:53
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