Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Matthew 16:3
foul weather. a storm.
can. get to know by experience. App-132.
discern. Greek. diakrino. App-122.
foul weather. a storm.
can. get to know by experience. App-132.
discern. Greek. diakrino. App-122.
MATTHEW 16:2-3 @ovyi,aj genome,nhj … ouv du,nasqe*# {C} The external evidence for the absence of these words is impressive, including a *B ¦13 157 _al_ syrc, s copsa, bomss arm Origen and, a...
Verse Matthew 16:3. _THE SKY IS RED AND LOWERING._] The signs of fair and foul weather were observed in a similar manner among the Romans, and indeed among most other people. Many treatises have been...
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)...
_the face of the sky_ Perhaps Jesus and his questioners were looking across the lake towards the cliffs of Gergesa, with the sky red from the reflected sunset. In Luke the signs are "a cloud rising in...
ὑποκριταὶ omitted before ΤῸ ΜῈΝ ΠΡΌΣΩΠΟΝ and (Matthew 16:4) τοῦ προφήτου after ἸΩΝΑ͂. 3. στυγνάζων, late. Polybius uses στυγνότης of the weather. ΤῸ ΠΡΌΣΩΠΟΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΟΥ͂. Perhaps Jesus and His que...
2 and 3. ὈΨΊΑΣ … ΟΥ̓ ΔΎΝΑΣΘΕ. The genuineness of this passage is doubtful. It is omitted in several uncials (among them אB) and cursives. Origen passes over the passage in his Commentary, and Jerome n...
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...
ΠΡΩΊ (G702) ранее утро, ΧΕΙΜΏΝ (G5494) дождливая, ненастная погода, ΣΤΥΓΝΆΖΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΤΥΓΝΆΖΩ (G4768) быть или становиться темным, мрачным, ΓΙΝΏΣΚΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ ...
_HE—SAID UNTO THEM,_ &C.— Our Saviour's reply may be thus paraphrased: "It is most apparent that you ask this out of a desire to cavil, rather than to learn the divine will: for, in other cases you ta...
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...
ST. PETER'S GREAT CONFESSION 1-4. A sign from heaven demanded (Mark 8:11 cp. Luke 11:16 : see on Matthew 12:38)....
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...
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...
χειμών, a storm to-day; sign the same, a ruddy sky in the _morning_. στυγνάζων, late but expressive = _triste coelum_. No special meteorological skill indicated thereby, only the average power of obse...
_Reply of Jesus_....
Matthew 16:2-3, hough not in [95] and bracketed by W. H [96], may be regarded as part of the text. Somewhat similar is Luke 12:54-56. On some occasion Jesus must have contrasted the shrewd observation...
_Demand for a sign_ (Mark 8:11-21)....
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...
And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O [ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the (b) face of the sky; but can ye not [discern] the signs of the times? (b) T...
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...
"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...
3._Hypocrites, you can judge. _He calls them _hypocrites_, because they pretend to ask that which, if it were exhibited to them, they are resolved not to observe. The same reproof applies nearly to th...
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...
AND IN THE MORNING, IT WILL BE FOUL WEATHER TODAY,.... When you rise in the morning, and take a survey of the heavens, it is a very usual thing with you to say, it is like to be windy or rainy weather...
And in the morning, _It will be_ foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O _ye_ hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not _discern_ the signs of the times? Ver. 3. _...
_He answered, When it is evening_, &c. As if he had said, It is evident you ask this out of a desire to cavil rather than to discern the divine will, for in other cases you take up with degrees of evi...
HYPOCRITES; pretending to one thing, while they sought another. SIGNS OF THE TIMES; these had been numerous and decisive. They were far more convincing than many on which they daily acted with regard...
Christ's reply:...
AND IN THE MORNING, IT WILL BE FOUL WEATHER TODAY; FOR THE SKY IS RED AND LOWERING. O YE HYPOCRITES, YE CAN DISCERN THE FACE OF THE SKY; BUT CAN YE NOT DISCERN THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES? Christ was deepl...
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...
Ver. 2,3. You can, saith our Saviour, make observations upon the works of God in nature and common providence, and from such observations you can make conclusions; if you see the sky red in the evenin...
Matthew 16:3 and G2532 morning G4404 weather G5494 today G4594 for G1063 sky G3772 red G4449 (G5719) threatening...
‘But he answered and said to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the heaven is red'. And in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the heaven is red and lowerin...
In consequence of the opposition of Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem (chap. Matthew 15:1; Matthew 15:21), our Lord had withdrawn to heathen and unfrequented regions. On His return, He lands at a r...
Matthew 16:3. Symbolical meaning (not to be pressed): ‘The red at even of the Old Testament betokened fair weather at hand. Similarly, the red sky at the commencement of the New Testament, indicated...
LOWRING (στυγναζων). A sky covered with clouds. Used also of a gloomy countenance as of the rich young ruler in Mark 10:22. Nowhere else in the New Testament. This very sign of a rainy day we use t...
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...
BUT JESUS ANSWERED. He reminds them of what they already know that the signs in the sky indicate what the weather will be like. BUT YOU CANNOT INTERPRET THE SIGNS. They could "read" the weather in the...
_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...
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...
1 Chronicles 12:32; Luke 11:44; Luke 13:15; Matthew 11:5; Matthew 15:
Lowering [σ τ υ γ ν α ζ ω ν]. The verb means to have a gloomy look. Dr. Morison compares the Scotch gloaming or glooming. Cranmer, the sky is glooming red. The word is used only here and at Mark 10:22...
The signs of the times — The signs which evidently show, that this is the time of the Messiah....