Master: Matthew 16:1-Numbers :, Mark 8:11, Mark 8:12, Luke 11:16, Luke 11:29, John 2:18, John 4:48, 1 Corinthians 1:22 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:3 - General Isaiah 7:11 - a sign John 6:30 - What Revelation 12:1 - wonder read more
Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.We would see a sign — Else we will not believe this. Matthew 16:1; Luke 11:16,29. read more
38. Master, we would see a sign This asking for a sign seemed to be a standing demand, made at different times; by the scribes and Pharisees, as here; by the Pharisees with the Sadducees in Matthew 16:1; Matthew 16:4; and by the people in Luke 11:16; Luke 11:29. See also John 6:30; 1 Corinthians 1:22. Our Lord uniformly not only refused compliance, but rebuked the request. From this, some skeptics have boldly inferred that our Lord could not furnish the sign; and that he really... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:38
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. Ver. 38. Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees ] Had not these, as one said of Nero, os ferreum, cor plumbeum, an iron face, a leaden heart, that could call for a sign after so many signs? But it is a sign from heaven they would have (as Moses called for manna from thence, Samuel for rain, Elijah for fire, &c.), and much the nearer they would have been should our Saviour have... read more