Matthew 12:38-40 ASV

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 12:39

adulterous: Isaiah 57:3, Mark 8:38, James 4:4 no sign: Matthew 16:4, Luke 11:29, Luke 11:30 Reciprocal: Exodus 7:9 - Show 2 Kings 14:25 - Jonah Jeremiah 7:29 - generation Jonah 1:1 - Jonah Matthew 12:41 - this Matthew 16:1 - a sign Mark 8:12 - There Mark 10:34 - and the Luke 9:41 - perverse Luke 11:16 - General John 6:30 - What Romans 2:22 - adultery 1 Corinthians 1:22 - the Jews read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 12:40

as: Jonah 1:17 so: Matthew 16:21, Matthew 17:23, Matthew 27:40, Matthew 27:63, Matthew 27:64, John 2:19 in the heart: Psalms 63:9, Jonah 2:2-Joshua : Reciprocal: Genesis 1:21 - great 1 Samuel 2:6 - he bringeth 2 Samuel 1:2 - the third 2 Samuel 18:14 - midst 1 Kings 22:2 - in the third 2 Kings 14:25 - Jonah Esther 4:16 - eat nor drink Psalms 69:15 - waterflood Matthew 15:32 - three Matthew 16:4 - wicked Matthew 16:13 - I the Matthew 20:19 - the third Matthew 28:6 - as Mark 8:12 - There Mark... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:38

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

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:39

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:An adulterous generation — Whose heart wanders from God, though they profess him to be their husband. Such adulterers are all those who love the world, and all who seek the friendship of it.Seeketh a sign — After all they have had already, which were abundantly sufficient to convince them, had not their hearts been estranged from... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:40

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.Three days and three nights — It was customary with the eastern nations to reckon any part of a natural day of twenty-four hours, for the whole day. Accordingly they used to say a thing was done after three or seven days, if it was done on the third or seventh day, from that which was last mentioned. Instances of this may be seen, 1 Kings 20:29;... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:38

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

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:39

39. He answered Our Lord uniformly rebuked this demand for a sign. The temper of the demand itself was not to be indulged. Luke says that they made the request tempting, or making experiments upon him. They had a moblike desire to see splendid shows in the sky, not unlike the excitement of the populace for fireworks on some day of public celebration. And for a Messiah they wished a leader of the people who should gratify their riotous tastes and give them war and victory. This is the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:40

40. Three days His resurrection, connected with the diurnal revolution, would be an astronomical sign. Our Saviour was not in the tomb three days and three entire nights, according to our modes of calculation. He expired on Friday afternoon and rose on Sunday morning. He was therefore entombed but the nights of Friday and Saturday. But the Jews reckoned the entire twenty-four hours in an unbroken piece, as a night-and-day. They counted the odd fragment of a day, in computation, as an... read more

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 12:39

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 12:40

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:38

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:39

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:40

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:38

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:39

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:40

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