Matthew 16:1 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 16:1

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

KJV

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Chapter XVI—Verse 1 and following) And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven. But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red'; and in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

7, 8 , and yet unanimous in their opposition to Christ; because his doctrine did equally overthrow the errors and heresies of the Sadducees, who denied the existence of spirits and a future state; and the pride, tyranny, and hypocrisy of the Pharisees, who were the great imposters of the traditions of the elders. Christ and Christianity meet with opposition on all hands.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

See also Mar 8:11-12. The Pharisees also, and the Sadducees - See the notes at Mat 3:7. Tempting - That is, trying him - feigning a desire to see evidence that he was the Messiah, but with a real desire to see him make the attempt to work a miracle and fail, so that they might betray him and ruin him. A sign from heaven - Some miraculous appearance in the sky.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

In these verses we find our Lord assailed by the untiring enmity of the Pharisees and Sadducees. As a general rule these two sects were at enmity between themselves; in persecuting Christ, however, they made common cause. Truly it was an unholy alliance! Yet how often we see the same thing in the present day. Men of the most opposite opinions and habits will agree in disliking the Gospel, and will work together to oppose its progress. “There is no new thing under the sun” ( Ecclesiastes 1:9 ).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
προσελθόντες	proselthontes	having approached	G4334 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
Φαρισαῖοι	Pharisaioi	Pharisees	G5330 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Σαδδουκαῖοι,	Saddoukaioi	Sadducees,	G4523 →
πειράζοντες	peirazontes	testing	G3985 →
ἐπηρώτησαν	epērōtēsan	they asked	G1905 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
σημεῖον	sēmeion	a sign	G4592 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανοῦ	ouranou	heaven	G3772 →
ἐπιδεῖξαι	epideixai	to show	G1925 →
αὐτοῖς.¶	autois	them.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 1:22
Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
leads to
- Matthew 16:1–4
  Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 12:38–39
  Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 2:18
  On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
- Acts 17:18–21
  Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this…
- Luke 11:16
  And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
Through
Matthew 16:6
“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
leads to
- Luke 12:1
  In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is…
- Matthew 16:12
  Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Through
Acts 4:1
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
leads to
- Luke 22:4
  And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.