Luke 11:30

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, ¹  so the Son of Man will be a sign ²  to this generation. ³ 

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

"For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

What happened to him was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. What happens to me will be a sign that God has sent me, the Son of Man, to these people.

What Jonah was to Nineveh, the Son of Man is to this age.

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation.

"For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, ¹  so the Son of Man will be a sign ²  to this generation. ³ 

¹ tn Grk “to the Ninevites.” What the Ninevites experienced was Jonah’s message (Jonah 3:4, 10; 4:1).

² tn The repetition of the words “a sign” are not in the Greek text, but are implied and are supplied here for clarity.

³ tc Only the Western ms D and a few Itala mss add here a long reference to Jonah being in the belly of the fish for three days and nights and the Son of Man being three days in the earth, apparently harmonizing the text to the parallel in Matt 12:40.