The Pharisees and Sadducees again require a sign
§ 70 · Near Magdala
Part V · From our Lord's third Passover until his final departure from Galilee at the Festival of Tabernacles
Matthew
Matthew 15:39–16:4
39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. 16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 16:2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Mark
Mark 8:10–12
10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
See Also
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§ 49 The Scribes and Pharisees seek a sign. Our Lord's reflections
Galilee · Matthew, Luke
From Edward Robinson’s Harmony of the Four Gospels (1846).
