Matthew 12:38 (WEB)
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
Fathers and councils · 17
Justin Martyr
““And that He would rise again on the third day after the crucifixion, it is written in the memoirs that some of your nation, questioning Him, said, ‘Show us a sign;’ and He replied to them, ‘An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a…” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 38 f.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Matthew goes on and relates what followed thus: “Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign of thee;” and so on, down to where we read, “Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 38.
Read the whole comment“This has already been recorded in another connection by the same Matthew.” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 38.
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John Chrysostom
“And therefore in many other places the Evangelists say, that He did no miracle on account of the perversity of the men who dwelt there. ( Matt. xii. 38; ch. xiii. 58 , &c.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Matt. XII. 38, 39.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Because the Lord had so oft repressed the shameless tongue of the Pharisees by His sayings, they now turn to His works, whereat the Evangelist wondering, says, “Then certain of the Scribes and Pharisees answered,…
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They require a sign of Him, as though what they had seen were not signs; and in another Evangelist what they required is more fully expressed, “We would see of thee a sign from heaven.” Either they would have fire…
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But their words are full of hypocrisy and irony. But now they were railing against Him, saying that He had a deamon; now they fawn upon Him, calling Him, Master. Wherefore the Lord rebukes them severely; “He answered…
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Excellently is that said, “and adulterous,” seeing she has put away her husband, and, according to Ezekiel, has joined herself to many lovers.
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Which also proves Him to be equal to the Father, if not to believe in Him makes them adulterous.
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Then He begins to answer them, giving them a sign not from heaven, which they were unworthy to see, but giving it them from the deep beneath. But to His own disciples He gave a sign from heaven, to whom He shewed the…
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For the signs He wrought were not in order to move them, for He knew that they were hard as stone, but for the profit of others. Or because they had not received it when He had given them a sign such as they now…
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He shews that the Jews were as criminal as the Ninevites, and that unless they repented they would be destroyed. But like as punishment was denounced against the Ninevites, and at the same time a remedy was set…
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Some, not knowing the Scripture manner of speaking, would interpret as one night those thee hours of darkness when the sun was darkened from the sixth to the ninth hour; and as a day in like manner these other three…
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Not that He remained three whole days and three nights in hell, but that this be understood to imply a part of the preparation day, and of the Lord’s day, and the whole sabbath day.
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For that the three days were not three full and entire days, Scripture witnesses; the first day is reckoned because the latter end of it comes in; and the third day is likewise reckoned, because the first part of it…
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He said not openly that He should rise again, because they would have derided him, but hints it distantly that even they might believe that He foreknew it. He said not in the earth, but in the heart of the earth,…
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.52.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.52.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.52.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.52.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.52.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.52.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.52.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.52.
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 12:38–40 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 107.