Matthew 16:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He answered and said unto them,When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. ”

Matthew 16:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See also Mark 8:11-12 . 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,...
Matthew 16:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Request for a Sign Refused ( Mark 8:11-13 *, Luke 11:16 ; Luke 11:29 f.). For the mention of Sadducees cf. Matthew 16:6 *. The saying about the weather ( Matthew 16:2 b, Matthew 16:...
Matthew 16:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 ; Matthew 6...
Matthew 16:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 16:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. When it is evening - There are certain signs of fair and foul weather, which ye are in the c...
Matthew 16:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Matthew 16:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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.
Matthew 16:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 16:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 16:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1-36 - Matthew 15:1-39 - Matthew 16:1-12 . THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet be...
Matthew 16:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 go...
Matthew 16:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 16:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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 weath...
Matthew 16:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 i...
Matthew 16:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 weather...
Matthew 16:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 o...
Matthew 16:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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. Bot...
Matthew 16:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sign of the Prophet Jonas. 1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would show them a sig...
Matthew 16:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 16:3 " .
Matthew 16:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 loweri...
Matthew 16:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 i...
Matthew 16:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 professin...
Matthew 16:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 thin...
Matthew 16:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 16:1-40 The Pharisees and Sadducees desire a sign. ( Mark 8:11-41 .) Matthew 16:1 The Pharisees also with the Saddueees; rather, and the Pharisees and Saddu...
Matthew 16:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.
Matthew 16:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 12:54-56
Matthew 16:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Luke 12:54 .

Matthew 16:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 16:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 16:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 16:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 16:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 16:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 16:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 16:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 16:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 16:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 16:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 16:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 16:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 16:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 16:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 16:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes