Matthew 12:39

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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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and (f) adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign...
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 ; Lu...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Request for a Sign Refused ( Luke 11:29-32 . From Q. Cf. Mark 8:11 f.*= Matthew 16:1-2 a , Matthew 16:4 ). Mt. uses the incident here a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

adulterous. Spiritually. See Jeremiah 3:9 ; Ezekiel 23:37 , &c generation. Greek. genea. Not the same as in Matthew 12:34 . See note on...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 12:39 . A wicked generation He does not merely charge that age with malice, but pronounces the Jews—or at least the scribes, and tho...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1357 JONAH A TYPE OF CHRIST Matthew 12:39-41 . But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 t...
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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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 begin...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A sign demanded. Astounding impudence after they had just ascribed His miracles to Beelzebub, and declared Him possessed with an unclean spirit. It...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Adulterous ] True religion was represented by the prophets as marriage with Jehovah, so that apostasy from Him was called adultery or fornication (...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

An evil and adulterous generation. — The true relation between Israel and Jehovah had been represented by the prophets as that of the wife to her h...
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...
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...
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 peop...
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, A...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But he answered and said unto them ,.... Not to the Pharisees, who were unworthy of an answer from him; having, in such an imperious manner, and wit...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 t...
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...
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 re...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pharisees Ask a Sign. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees ans...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But he answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will no sign be given to it apart from the sign o...
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 mirac...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
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 sa...
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 sa...
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 b...
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 (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 57:3 ; James 4:4 ; Luke 11:29 ; Luke 11:30 ; Mark 8:38 ; Matthew 16:4
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

An adulterous generation — Whose heart wanders from God, though they profess him to be their husband. Such adulterers are all those who love the wo...

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:

Related Commentaries of Matthew 12:39

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 12:39