38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
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For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. …
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 38-45)It is probable that these Pharisees with whom Christ is here in discourse were not the same that cavilled at him (Matt. 12:24), and would not credit the signs he gave; but another set of them, who saw that there was no reason to discredit them, but would not content themselves with the signs he gave, nor admit the evidence of them, unless he would give them such further proof as they should demand…
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