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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:38

‘Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we would see a sign from you.” ‘Then’ is a connecting word (compare Matthew 12:22) and, like most connecting words in the Gospels, must not be overpressed. It indicates a loose connection to give some indication of continuity, without being specific. ‘Certain of the Scribes and Pharisees’ may indicate an official deputation, or may simply indicate that not all Scribes and Pharisees were to be seen as involved. Not all... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:22-45

Matthew 12:22-Romans : . Jesus’ Answer to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes, and the Intervention of His Family ( Mark 3:20-Habakkuk : *, Luke 11:14-Isaiah :; Luke 11:29-Jonah :; Luke 12:10; Luke 8:19-Ecclesiastes :).— For the painful statement in Mark 3:20 f. Mt. (like Lk.) substitutes the healing of a blind and dumb man probably a second (compressed) use of Matthew 9:27-Obadiah : and Matthew 9:32-Nahum :. The word for “ were amazed” is an adaptation of the word for “ is beside himself”... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:38-42

Matthew 12:38-Luke : . The Request for a Sign Refused ( Luke 11:29-Jonah :. From Q. Cf. Mark 8:11 f.*= Matthew 16:1-Exodus : a, Matthew 16:4).— Mt. uses the incident here as an additional illustration of the hostility between the Pharisees and Jesus. They ask for some more authentic and unique attestation of His claim than a miracle of healing or an everyday exorcism. But to a people that has been God’ s unfaithful bride no sign shall be given but that of Jonah. As he, coming from a... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 12:38

We read the like to this Matthew 16:1, and Luke seemeth to relate the same history, Luke 11:29. Master was the usual title which they gave to any whom they owned as a teacher. By a sign they mean something that might confirm unto them that he was sent of God; they expected that an extraordinary mission should be so confirmed: so John 6:33, What sign showest thou then, that we might see and believe thee? What dost thou work? Moses showed them signs, (as they there go on), he brought down for... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 12:38-45

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 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 they were from above, not from beneath (Brown). Gerlach and Lisco suggest that these Pharisees were better inclined, and less opposed to Jesus, than the others. But in our opinion they were rather the worst among the bad (Lange).Matthew 12:39. Adulterous.—Adultery, taken in a spiritual sense,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:38

Matthew 12:38 In every age, and perhaps more as the world grows older, men's hearts are apt to utter the same wish. The mind, afloat, as it were, on a vast sea, needs, and with reason, a sure anchor. Man cannot tell us of what man has never seen. We crave for the very heaven itself to be opened; we crave to see the light in which God dwells; we crave to hear the voice of Him to whom all things are known, who can neither be deceived nor deceive. I. This feeling is in its own nature nothing... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:38-43

Matthew 12:38-43 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. They are of highest use, and ought to be read and re-read, for their wisdom, their broad interpretation of life, and their ethical value. If they were heeded and obeyed they would bring the individual, the family, the community, the nation into a state of ideal perfection. Their lack is that they... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:1-50

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, they have thoroughly disallowed the law, for the purposes that God intended it. For they were interpreting the law after a physical sense. "Thou shalt not kill," interpreting that as clubbing your enemy to death. But Jesus said, no, really if you have hatred in your heart for your brother, you're... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 12:1-50

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 feasts, because it was allowed by the law of Moses, provided they put nought of the fruit in their vessel, or their pouch; but they objected on the ground of the sabbath. Now, the appeal which Jesus made to David’s eating the holy bread, which belonged exclusively to the priests, shows that the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 12:38

Matthew 12:38Master, we would see a sign from Thee. Religious sign-seekersI. That the demand for additional advantages generally comes from those alreadyPossessed of very many. It was the scribes and Pharisees that made this request, not the publicans.II. God never gives additional advantages when those possessed are not used. Christ refused this demand(1) because it was merely an excuse for their rejection of Him;(2) because it was a reflection on Him;(3) because it bore no proof of... read more

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