Matthew 16:4. Comp. chap. Matthew 12:39 (exactly the same words). The audience may have been in part the same, hence no explanation is added here.
And he left them and departed. Abruptly it would seem. As events proved, He now gave them up to their blindness, but with pain at their unbelief. See on Mark 8:12: ‘And he sighed deeply in his spirit.'
Verse Matthew 16:4. _WICKED AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION_] The Jewish people are represented in the Sacred Writings as _married_ to the Most High; but, like a disloyal wife, forsaking their true husband...
See also Mark 8:11. THE PHARISEES ALSO, AND THE SADDUCEES - See the notes at Matthew 3:7. TEMPTING - That is, trying him - feigning a desire to see evidence that he was the Messiah, but with a real d...
4. THE GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE REJECTED KING CONCERNING HIMSELF. CHAPTER 16 1. Pharisees and Sadducees Asking a Sign. (Matthew 16:1 .) 2. Instructions Concerning the Leaven. (Matthew 16:5 .) 3. P...
THE REQUEST FOR A SIGN REFUSED (Mark 8:11 *, Luke 11:16; Luke 11:29 f.). For the mention of Sadducees _cf._ Matthew 16:6 *. The saying about the weather ...
The Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, trying to put him to the test, and asked him to show them a sign from Heaven. He answered them: "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fine weather, because...
BLIND TO THE SIGNS (Matthew 16:1-4)...
WICKED. evil. See note on Matthew 11:16. ADULTEROUS: spiritually. See Matthew 12:39; Jeremiah 3:9; Ezekiel 23:37, &c....
_adulterous_ See ch. Matthew 12:39. _the sign of the prophet Jonas_ See ch. Matthew 12:39-41. The words in Mark 8:12 are "there shall no sign be given unto this generation," i. e. no such sign as the...
39–16:4. JESUS AT MAGDALA, OR MAGADAN, IS TEMPTED TO GIVE A SIGN Mark 8:10-12; Luke 12:54-57 4. ΜΟΙΧΑΛΊΣ. See ch. Matthew 12:39. ΤῸ ΣΗΜΕΙ͂ΟΝ ἸΩΝΑ͂. See ch....
Ver 1. The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 2. He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair...
_THE DANGER OF FALSE DOCTRINE MATTHEW 16:1-12:_ The Pharisees and Sadducees were seeking a sign from heaven. Hatred for Jesus had brought together this strange coalition. There were the Pharisees that...
ΜΟΙΧΑΛΊΣ (G3428) прелюбодейка, здесь: прелюбодейный (род), ΈΠΙΖΗΤΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΖΗΤΈΩ (G1934) искать. Об использовании предлога с гл. _см._ МН, 312. _Praes._ подчеркивает привычность дей...
Section 39 JESUS REFUSES TO GIVE ADDITIONAL SIGNS TO DOUBTERS (Parallel: Mark 8:10-12) TEXT: 15:39b16:4 39 And he sent away the multitudes, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Ma...
_THE PHARISEES ALSO WITH THE SADDUCEES CAME, AND TEMPTING DESIRED HIM THAT HE WOULD SHEW THEM A SIGN FROM HEAVEN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
21 Compare Mar_7:24-30. 21 The incident of the Canaanitish woman is of surpassing interest to us, for it shows clearly what was the status of the nations in our Lord's ministry. Her very mistakes are...
16:4 left (c-26) To leave absolutely, as ch. 21.17; John 8:9 ; Hebrews 11:27 ....
ST. PETER'S GREAT CONFESSION 1-4. A sign from heaven demanded (Mark 8:11 cp. Luke 11:16 : see on Matthew 12:38)....
BUT THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET JONAS] RV 'the sign of Jonah.' St. Mark omits these words: See on Matthew 12:39....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 16 THE *JEWISH LEADERS ASK FOR A *MIRACLE 16:1-4 V1 Some *Pharisees and some *Sadducees came to Jesus. They wanted to test him. So th...
THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET JONAS. — See Note on Matthew 12:39. As given by St. Mark, the answer was a more absolute refusal, “No sign” (_i.e.,_ none of the kind that was demanded) “shall be given to this...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
_Reply of Jesus_....
_Demand for a sign_ (Mark 8:11-21)....
_ide_ chap. Matthew 12:39....
BEWARE OF EVIL INFLUENCES Matthew 16:1-12 The signs of the times in our own day are much as they were in that. Still men are lovers of pleasure rather than of God. Still they who will live a godly li...
What a very wonderful fact in the life and ministry of Jesus is His power of suppressing the marvelous powers He possessed. He never used them save in divine wisdom and love. How easily He could have...
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but (c) the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. (c) The article shows how no...
You know then how to discern the face of the sky, &c. Jesus Christ does not condemn every observation made upon the weather, from external appearances in the heavens. He only upbraids the Jews for so...
CHAPTER 35 SIGNS OF HIS COMING Matthew 15:39. _“Having sent away the multitudes, He entered into a ship, and came to the coasts of Magdala.” Mark 8:10_ : _“Immediately embarking on a ship, with His d...
PHARISAIC LEAVEN Matthew 16:4-12; Mark 8:13-21. _“Leaving them, embarking again in a ship, He departed to the other side.”_ This voyage was from Magdala, on the northwest coast, over to the region of...
"The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven. (2) He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weathe...
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 16:4._A wicked and adulterous nation. _This passage was explained (426) under Matthew 12:38. The general meaning is, that the Jews are never satisfied with any _signs_, but are continually tic...
Chapter 16 goes farther than the revelation of the simple grace of God. Jesus reveals what was about to be formed in the counsels of that grace, where He was owned, shewing the rejection of the proud...
A WICKED AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION,.... He says the same things here, as he did to the Pharisees on a like occasion, in Matthew 12:39. AND HE LEFT THEM; as persons hardened, perverse, and incurable,...
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. Ver. 4. _A wicked and adulterous...
_A wicked and adulterous generation_ As if he had said, Ye would seek no further sign, did not your wickedness, and your love of the world, which is spiritual adultery, blind your understanding. _Ther...
The refusal: A WICKED AND ADULTEROUS GENERATION SEEKETH AFTER A SIGN, AND THERE SHALL NO SIGN BE GIVEN UNTO IT BUT THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET JONAS. AND HE LEFT THEM AND DEPARTED. As in the previous case...
The enmity against the true Messiah increases now to the point of Pharisee's and Sadducee's (usually hostile to each other) conspiring together to tempt Him, in an effort to trap Him in some way. Both...
1-4 The Pharisees and Sadducees were opposed to each other in principles and in conduct; yet they joined against Christ. But they desired a sign of their own choosing: they despised those signs which...
We meet with the same answer given to the Pharisees, MATTHEW 12:39. You pretend yourselves to be the children of Abraham, but you are bastards rather than his children; he saw my day afar off and rejo...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII " when also, "He left them and departed."[16] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII And the Saviour seems to me to conjoin the sign which was to come from Himse...
Matthew 16:4 wicked G4190 and G2532 adulterous G3428 generation G1074 after G1934 (G5719) sign G4592 and G2532 no...
“An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will no sign be given to it, but the sign of Jonah.” And he left them, and departed.' Then He points out what the nature is of those wh...
Same words in Matthew 12:39 except του προφητου, a real doublet....
CONTENTS: Jesus' rebuke of blind Pharisees. The symbol of leaven interpreted. Peter's confession of the deity of Jesus. Jesus foretells His death and resurrection. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter, Sata...
Matthew 16:1. _The pharisees also with the sadducees came,_ soliciting _a sign from heaven: Matthew 12:38_. This was the second time, and they received the appellation of hypocrites, as professing the...
THE MIRACLE OF JONAH. When they saw this miracle, they would know he was the Son of God! See Matthew 12:38-40....
_O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky._ SIGNS OF THE TIMES The proper observing of these signs. They are heavenly, and therefore must be seen in a heart which is seeking those things...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 16:4 SIGN OF JONAH. See note on 12:39. OTHER SIDE. See note on 8:28....
RELIGIOUS LEADERS ASK FOR A SIGN MATTHEW 16:1-4; MARK 8:11-13; MATTHEW 16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven....
1-28 CHAPTER 16 _And there came unto Him Pharisees_, &c. They had previously asked for a sign (Matthew 12:38). But here again they asked for one because of the miracle of the multiplication of the lo...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 16:1. THE PHARISEES ALSO WITH THE SADDUCEES.—The presence of members of the latter sect, who do not elsewhere appear in our Lord’s Galilean ministry, is noticeable. It is prob...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 16:1 _The Pharisees and Sadducees desire a sign. _(Mark 8:11.) MATTHEW 16:1 THE PHARISEES ALSO WITH the Saddueees;
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came [And now they are seeking to trap Him], and they desire that he would show them a sign from heaven. And he answered and said unto them: When it is evening, y...
Acts 18:6; Acts 2:40; Genesis 6:3; Hosea 4:17; Hosea 9:12;...
A wicked and adulterous generation — Ye would seek no farther sign, did not your wickedness, your love of the world, which is spiritual adultery, blind your understanding....