GOSPEL READING: Lk 11:29-32
This generation is an evil generation because it is seeking for a sign. The people whom Jesus is condemning are the people of Israel who are the descendants of Abraham. He was a man of faith. He believed in God and he was justified for the same. These people do not believe in Jesus in stead they are asking for proofs and signs.
Ninevites were not the descendants of Israel and yet when Jonah preached to them they did not demand for a sign. They accepted his preaching and converted themselves and were saved. Jonah did not do any signs and wonders for the people to believe; he only preached to them. Non Jewish people (in a sense non believing people) accepted the preaching.
‘Someone greater than Solomon is here’. Jesus presents himself as greater than the wise man of history. People longed to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Greater wisdom is in Jesus. Jonah was a prophet. Prophet of all the prophets was Jesus. Jesus was the prophet and he was the wisdom.
யோனா நினிவே மக்களுக்கு அடையாளமாய் இருந்தார். சாலமோனின் ஞானத்தைக் கேட்க உலகின் கடைக்கோடியிலிருந்து தென்னாட்டு அரசி வந்தார். ஆனால் இங்கு இங்கிருப்பவர் இவர்களை எல்லாம்விட பெரியவர். இவர்களின் அடையாளங்களையும் ஞானத்தையும் ஏற்றுக்கொண்டவர்கள் இயேசுவை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளவில்லை.
