Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Matthew 16:2
εὐδία … χειμών. For this contrast cp. ἀλλὰ νῦν μοι | γαιάοχος εὐδίαν ὄπασσεν | ἐκ χειμῶνος. Pind. Isth. (VII) VI. 37–39.
εὐδία … χειμών. For this contrast cp. ἀλλὰ νῦν μοι | γαιάοχος εὐδίαν ὄπασσεν | ἐκ χειμῶνος. Pind. Isth. (VII) VI. 37–39.
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 16:2. _WHEN IT IS EVENING_] There are certain signs of fair and foul weather, which ye are in the constant habit of observing, and which do not fail. - _The signs of the times_: the doc...
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 ...
BLIND TO THE SIGNS (Matthew 16:1-4)...
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...
HE. And He. IT WILL BE. Omit. FAIR WEATHER. Greek. _eudia._ Occurs only here, and in Matthew 16:3. THE SKY. the heaven (sing), as in Matthew 16:1 (see note on Matthew 6:9;...
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...
ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать (_см._ Matthew 4:4). ΌΨΙΟΣ (G3798) вечер, ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΗΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. gen. fem. sing. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, случа...
_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...
WHEN IT IS EVENING, YE SAY, IT WILL BE FAIR WEATHER. — It is remarkable that some of the best MSS., including the Vatican and Sinaitic, omit the whole of these suggestive words. We can hardly think of...
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...
_Demand for a sign_ (Mark 8:11-21)....
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...
_Reply of Jesus_....
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...
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...
2._About the commencement of the evening. _By these words Christ reminds them that his power had been sufficiently manifested, so that they must have recognised _the time of their visitation_, (Luke 1...
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...
HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM,.... Knowing full well their views, and having wrought sufficient miracles to confirm his Messiahship, he thought fit to give them no other answer than this: WHEN IT IS...
He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, _It will be_ fair weather: for the sky is red. Ver. 2. _When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair, &c._] _q.d._ Are you so weatherwise (w...
_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...
HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, WHEN IT IS EVENING, YE SAY, IT WILL BE FAIR WEATHER; FOR THE SKY IS RED....
Christ's reply:...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 16:3"....
Matthew 16:2 G1161 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) them G846 is G1096 (G5637) evening...
‘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 16:2. WHEN IT IS EVENING, YE SAY, FAIR WEATHER, etc. In answer to their demand for a ‘sign from heaven,' our Lord cites two weather ‘signs,' such as all men look for, ‘in the face of the heave...
FAIR WEATHER (ευδια). An old poetic word from ευ and Ζευς as the ruler of the air and giver of fair weather. So men today say "when the sky is red at sunset." It occurs on the Rosetta Stone and in a...
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...
Luke 12:54...
Fair weather [ε υ δ ι α]. Colloquial. Looking at the evening sky, a may says to his neighbor, "Fine weather :" and in the morning (ver. 3), "Storm today" [σ η μ ε ρ ο ν χ ε ι μ ω ν]....
Luke 12:54....