Mat 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.

Whoa, where did this queen of the south stuff come from? I thought the topic was Jonah? The story of the queen of the south, that is, the queen of Sheba, comes from 1 Kings:10. Again, remember, Christ was asked for "a sign," but he said he wasn't going to give any sign but the sign of Jonah. The queen of Sheba came to Solomon looking for a sign too. She wanted to know if everything she had heard about his wealth and his wisdom was true. She saw with her own eyes what how successful he was and she gave him more wealth because she was impressed by his success. As Christ said earlier in this discourse, "You shall know a tree by its fruit." Here, he is asking those who need a sign to believe in him because of what he had accomplished.

This is better a message for us than the people of his own time. During his own time, he healed this sick and caste out devils, but since his death, Christ has reshaped the world by his teaching. As he told those around, with his coming the Kingdom of God had arrived. This was a matter of hope in his time, but in our time, we can see what he has accomplished.

Most of the Greek is the same as the last verse, but for a few new ideas.

"Uttermost parts" is from the Greek, peras, which means "end," "limit," and "boundary." It also means "perfection" of a thing. It conveys the idea that the end proves the means, not that the end justifies the means.

"Wisdom" is from sophia, which means "cleverness," "skill," and "learning." This was seen as an attribute of God and a gift from God to men. Sophia was the Greek goddess of learning and in Christianity is used as a symbol for Mary, the mother of Jesus.