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Matthew 12:39
But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonas.
But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonas.
Verse 39. _AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION_] Or, _race of_ _people_; for so γενεα should be translated here, and in most other places in the Gospels; for our Lord, in general, uses it to point out t...
WE WOULD SEE A SIGN FROM THEE - See Luke 11:16, Luke 11:29. A “sign” commonly signifies a miracle - that is, a sign that God was with the person or had sent him. Compare the notes at Isaiah 7:11. Luke...
9. THE REJECTION CONSUMMATED AND THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIP. CHAPTER 12 1. The Hungry Disciples and the Accusing Pharisees. (Matthew 12:1 .) 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed.(Matthew 12:10 .) 3...
JESUS-' ANSWER TO THE VERDICT OF THE JERUSALEM SCRIBES, AND THE INTERVENTION OF HIS FAMILY (Mark 3:20 *, Luke 11:14; Luke 11:29; Luke 12:10;...
THE REQUEST FOR A SIGN REFUSED (Luke 11:29. From Q. _Cf._ Mark 8:11 f.*= Matthew 16:1_ a_, Matthew 16:4). Mt. uses the incident here as an addit
Then the Scribes and Pharisees answered him: "Teacher, they said, "we wish to see a sign from you." He answered, "It is an evil and apostate generation which seeks a sign. No sign will be given to it,...
CRISIS (Matthew 12:1-50) In Matthew 12:1-50 we read the history of a series of crucial events in the life of Jesus. In every man's life there are decisive moments, times and events on which the whole...
ADULTEROUS. Spiritually. See Jeremiah 3:9; Ezekiel 23:37, &c GENERATION. Greek. _genea._ Not the same as in Matthew 12:34. See note on...
_adulterous_ estranged from God; a figure often used by the Prophets to express the defection of Israel from Jehovah....
The Pharisees ask for a Sign St Luke 11:16; Luke 11:29-32. St Luke omits, or at least does not state explicitly, the special application of the sign given in Matthew 12:40, to understand which requir...
THE PHARISEES ASK FOR A SIGN St Luke 11:16; Luke 11:29-32. St Luke omits, or at least does not state explicitly, the special application of the sign given in Matthew 12:40, to understand which require...
ΜΟΙΧΑΛΊΣ, estranged from God; a figure often used by the Prophets to express the defection of Israel from Jehovah. Cp. ch. Matthew 16:4 and Isaiah 1:21, πῶς ἐγένετο πόρνη πόλις πιστὴ Σιὼν πλήρης κρίσε...
VER 38. THEN CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES AND OF THE PHARISEES ANSWERED, SAYING, "MASTER, WE WOULD SEE A SIGN FROM THEE." 39. BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, "AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION SEEKETH A...
_THE CLAIMS OF THE SAVIOR MATTHEW 12:38-45:_ Jesus had every right to call on people to repent and to be righteous, (1) He is greater than the temple (Matthew 12:6), (2) He is greater that Jonah (Matt...
ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part., см._ Matthew 12:38. ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. ΓΕΝΕΆ (G1074) поколение, современники, совокупность людей, рожденных в одно и то же время, распрост...
DISCOURSE: 1357 JONAH A TYPE OF CHRIST Matthew 12:39. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign o...
THEN CERTAIN OF THE SCRIBES, &C.— Though our Saviour's reasoning was clear and unanswerable, yet some of the Scribes and Pharisees, desirous to divert the discourse to another topic, and fully demonst...
Section 29 JESUS GIVES THE SIGN OF JONAH (Possible Parallel: Luke 11:16; Luke 11:24; Luke 11:26; Luke 11:29-32) TEXT: 12:38-45 38.
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO...
24 It is usual to associate this chief of the demons with the god of Ekron, called Baalzebub, _ Owner _ or _ Lord of Flies _ (2Ki_1:2). This the Septuagint renders _ Baal muian, Baal fly_. But all the...
ADULTEROUS] True religion was represented by the prophets as marriage with Jehovah, so that apostasy from Him was called adultery or fornication (Isaiah 57:3, etc.). THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET JONAS] RV...
A SIGN DEMANDED. Astounding impudence after they had just ascribed His miracles to Beelzebub, and declared Him possessed with an unclean spirit. It was the practice of Jesus to work signs for those wh...
PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath (Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees. It is...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE GOD’S REST DAY 12:1-14 Matthew gives two examples of the ‘*yoke’ of the *Jewish law: 1. The *disciples...
AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION. — The true relation between Israel and Jehovah had been represented by the prophets as that of the wife to her husband (Jeremiah 3; Ezekiel 16:23; Hosea 1:2). The ad...
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
γενεὰ as in Matthew 11:16, a moral class, “quae in omni malitia et improbitate vivit,” Suicer, s. v. γενεά. μοιχαλὶς, unfaithful to God as a wife to a husband, apt description of men professing godlin...
_A sign asked and refused, with relative discourse_ (Luke 11:16; Luke 11:29-36). Both Matt.'s and Luke's reports convey the impression that the demand for a sign, and the enunciation of the Satanic th...
OPPOSING OR DOING GOD'S WILL Matthew 12:38-50 It was an evil and adulterous age. It had no spiritual appreciation, and was intent on getting an outward and sensible sign. Nineveh itself would have co...
This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabba...
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and (f) adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: (f) Bastard, who fell from A...
_Sign of Jonas. I will give no other sign than my death and resurrection, as then, though unwillingly, they will acknowledge me, and people will believe and be converted: so in John (Chap. viii.) it i...
CHAPTER 24 THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES SEEK A SIGN FROM HEAVEN Matthew 12:38-45; Luke 11:16-36. “Then certain ones of the scribes and Pharisees responded, saying, Master, we wish to see a sign from The...
"Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. (39) But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a si...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
Matthew 12:39._A wicked generation _He does not merely charge that age with malice, but pronounces the Jews—or at least the scribes, and those who resembled them—to be a _wicked nation; _thus declarin...
At length the rejection of the nation, in consequence of their contempt of the Lord, is plainly shewn, as well as the cessation of all His relations with them as such, in order to bring out on God's p...
BUT HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM,.... Not to the Pharisees, who were unworthy of an answer from him; having, in such an imperious manner, and with a sole view to tempt him, and after such miracles w...
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: Ver. 39. _An evil and adulterous...
_Then certain of the scribes_, &c. Now present, upon hearing how plainly Christ admonished, and how severely he rebuked them, _answered_ Probably with a view to divert the discourse to another topic,...
NO SIGN; no such sign as they desired. One would in due time be given, which would demonstrate his Messiahship; but it would not convince them....
We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that t...
38-45 Though Christ is always ready to hear and answer holy desires and prayers, yet those who ask amiss, ask and have not. Signs were granted to those who desired them to confirm their faith, as Abr...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 12:40"....
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the Gospel: "A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it but the sign of...
Matthew 12:39 But G1161 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) them G846 evil G4190 and G2532 adulterous...
‘But he answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will no sign be given to it apart from the sign of Jonah the prophet,” ' ‘Answered and said.' In Ma...
Matthew 12:39. AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION. These Pharisees represent the great part of the Jewish people, who looked for a temporal Deliverer, showing signs from heaven. Here, as in the Old Tes...
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. These occurrences seem to have followed each other in immediate succession. Luke places the last one (Matthew 12:46-50) after the parable of the sower, but Mark gives the same order...
AN EVIL AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION (γενεα πονηρα κα μοιχαλις). They had broken the marriage tie which bound them to Jehovah (Plummer). See Psalms 73:27; Isaiah 57:3; Isaiah 62:5;...
Matthew 12:39 Jonah being spoken of in the text as a type of Christ, let us consider that part of his history which is typical. It is contained in the first and second Chapter s, and presents us with...
Matthew 12:38 Truth through and by life. Consider in what respects Christ was greater than Solomon. I. The Proverbs could not well be spared from the Bible nor dropped out of the life of the world....
Matthew 12:38. _Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh...
Matthew 12:38. _Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, an evil and adulterous generation seeketh...
CONTENTS: Jesus announces Himself Lord of Sabbath, Controversy with Pharisees. Healing of the withered hand. A demoniac healed. The unpardonable sin. Death and resurrection foretold. Deficiency of sel...
Matthew 12:2. _Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day._ The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their fea...
HOW EVIL AND GODLESS. Remember: he is speaking to his enemies those who said he did his miracles by means of Satan's power. He did not do miracles to satisfy curiosity, or to make himself popular....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 12:39 ADULTEROUS refers here to unfaithfulness to God. Jesus knows these opponents have harmful motives (see Matthew 16:1). Jonah’s rescue by God w
1-50 CHAPTER XII. _At that time Jesus went through the corn fields_ (Through the crops of corn becoming white, or ripe), &c. Luke adds that this Sabbath was the first from the second (_Vulg_.); which...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 12:38. A SIGN.—See Luke 11:16. They wanted something of an immediate and decisive nature, to show, not that His miracles were real—that they seemed willing to concede—but that...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 12:1 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1); (2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-4
Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law...
Isaiah 57:3; James 4:4; Luke 11:29; Luke 11:30; Mark 8:38;...
Adulterous [μ ο ι χ α λ ι ς]. A very strong and graphic expression, founded upon the familiary Hebrew representation of the relation of God's people to him under the figure of marriage. See Psalms 73:...
An adulterous generation — Whose heart wanders from God, though they profess him to be their husband. Such adulterers are all those who love the world, and all who seek the friendship of it. Seeketh a...
Did Jesus contradict Himself by saying there would be no sign given (cf. Matthew 12:38-39)? PROBLEM: In Mark, the Pharisees ask for a sign from Jesus, but He says that no sign shall be given to that...