Matthew 12:38

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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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

(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 miracl...
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

Master . Teacher. See App-98. Matthew 12:1 . would . desire. Greek. thelo. App-102. see . to see. Greek. eidon. a sign. The first of si...
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...
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

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...
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

Luke 11:16 : cp. Matthew 16:1 ; Mark 8:11 . A sign ] Lk 'a sign from heaven': something startling, unlike the healing of the sick to which they...
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...
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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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

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,...
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 an...
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...
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...
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 Matt...
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 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,...
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...
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 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...
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

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 fro...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

³⁸ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 12:38

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

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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