Matthew 12:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. ”

• Matthew 12:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  We would see a sign from thee - See Luke 11:16 , Luke 11:29-32 . A “sign” commonly signifies a miracle - that is, a sign that God was with the person or had sent him. Compare the notes at Isai...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (8) Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. (8) Against perverse desires of miracles.

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

  Jesus-' Answer to the Verdict of the Jerusalem Scribes, and the Intervention of His Family ( Mark 3:20-35 *, Luke 11:14-23 ; Luke 11:29-32 ; Luke 12:10 ; Luke 8:19-21 ). For the painful statem...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Master . Teacher. See App-98. Matthew 12:1 . would . desire. Greek. thelo. App-102. see . to see. Greek. eidon. a sign. The first of six "signs" asked for. Compare Matthew 16:1 ; Mat...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. We would see a sign from thee - That is, we wish now to see thee work a miracle. Pride, vain...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then certain of the Scribes, &c.— Though our Saviour's reasoning was clear and unanswerable, yet some of the Scribes and Pharisees, desirous to divert the discourse to another topic, and fully...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, [ Didask...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Plucking Corn on the Sabbath. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath ( Mark 2:23 ; Luke 6:1 ). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Master, we would see a sign from thee. — The order varies slightly from that in St. Luke, in which the demand for a sign follows on the parable of the unclean spirit returning to his house. In both...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1-30 ; Matthew 12:1-50 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1-30 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's recor...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Opposing or Doing God's Will Matthew 12:38-50 It was an evil and adulterous age. It had no spiritual appreciation, and was intent on getting an outward and sensible sign. Nineveh itself would h...

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• Matthew 12:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabb...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. (39) But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a s...

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• Matthew 12:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then certain of the Scribes and Pharisees answered ,.... Not the same that charged him with casting out devils, by the prince of devils; but others, that were present, as appears from Luke 11:16 a...

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• Matthew 12:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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,...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then certain of the scribes , &c. Now present, upon hearing how plainly Christ admonished, and how severely he rebuked them, answered Probably with a view to divert the discourse to another to...

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• Matthew 12:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Pharisees Ask a Sign.       38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from th...

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

  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 t...

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

  ‘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...

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

  CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 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—...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  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 anch...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Matthew 12:38-39 . Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, an evil and adulterous generation se...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Matthew 12:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Master, we would see a sign from Thee. Religious sign-seekers I. That the demand for additional advantages generally comes from those already Possessed of very many. It was the scribes and Pha...

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• Matthew 12:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations ( Matthew 12:46-40 ); ,and the manner in which he de...

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• Matthew 12:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Sign from Heaven and a Warning. A request: Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from Thee. The emphatic manner of speaking which Ch...

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• Matthew 12:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 1:22 ; John 2:18 ; John 4:48 ; Luke 11:16 ; Luke 11:29 ; Mark 8:11 ; Mark 8:12 ; Matthew 16:1-4

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• Matthew 12:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  We would see a sign — Else we will not believe this. Matthew 16:1 ; Luke 11:16 , Luke 11:29 .

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