Matthew 16:2 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 16:2

But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’

BSB

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ASV

But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.

KJV

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

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Commentary

5 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.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

This is not found in most codices: it is clear that from the arrangement and stability of the elements, both fair and rainy days can be predicted. However, the scribes and Pharisees, who seemed to be experts in the law, could not understand the advent of the Savior from the prophecy of the prophets.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Can ye not discern the signs of the times? [1.] "Do you not see that the Messiah is come?" The sceptre was departed from Judah, Daniel's weeks were just expiring, and yet they regarded not. The miracles Christ wrought, and the gathering of the people to him, were plain indications that the kingdom of heaven was at hand, that this was the day of their visitation.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

When it is evening - There are certain signs of fair and foul weather, which ye are in the constant habit of observing, and which do not fail. - The signs of the times: the doctrine which I preach, and the miracles which I work among you, are as sure signs that the day-spring from on high has visited you for your salvation; but if ye refute to hear, and continue in darkness, the red and gloomy cloud of vindictive justice shall pour out such a storm of wrath upon you as shalt sweep you from the face of the earth.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
ἀποκριθεὶς	apokritheis	answering	G611 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
ὀψίας	opsias	Evening	G3798 →
γενομένης	genomenēs	having come	G1096 →
λέγετε·	legete	you say;	G3004 →
εὐδία,	eudia	Fair weather,	G2105 →
πυρράζει	purrazei	is red	G4449 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
οὐρανός.	ouranos	sky.	G3772 →