Matthew 12:38-40 ASV

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

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:39-40

Matthew 12:39-40 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 chapters, and presents us with the following pictures: I. Man shunning God's presence. Like those mariners who, leaving the sacred soil which was the place of God's sanctuary and the scene of God's revelations, launched forth upon the waste salt billows and made for the great heathen mart of Tarshish, so went man forth from... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 12:39-41

DISCOURSE: 1357JONAH A TYPE OF CHRISTMatthew 12:39-41. 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. For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of... 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

John Trapp

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

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:39

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: Ver. 39. An evil and adulterous generation, &c. ] Spuria soboles, a bastardly brood. So he calleth them, because utterly degenerate from their forefathers’ faith and holiness. Seeking after a sign ] επιζητει , summo studio efflagitat. Seeking with utmost earnestness, as if it were such a business as must be done or... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:40

40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Ver. 40. For as Jonas was three days, &c. ] In the history of Jonah, Christ found the mystery of his death, burial, and resurrection; teaching us thereby to search the Scriptures-to search them to the bottom; as those that dig for gold content not themselves with the first or second ore that offers itself, but search on till they have all.... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 12:38

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

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:38-43

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:39-40

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 12:39-41

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:1-50

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

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 12:38

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:38

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:39

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:40

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 12:38

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