Matthew 16:4 (WEB)
An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them and departed.
Fathers and councils · 21
Augustine of Hippo
Chapter LI.—Of Matthew’s Declaration That, on Leaving These Parts, He Came into the Coasts of Magedan; And of the Question as to His Agreement with Mark in that Intimation, as Well as in the Notice of the Saying…
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John Chrysostom
“Wherefore He will not give them a sign; and before, when they came and asked Him, He made them the same answer, “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.” ( Matt. xvi. 4.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And He left them, and departed.”” — editor's note: Chap. xvi. 1–4.
Read the whole comment““It is good for us to be here.”” — editor's note: Matt. xvi. 4.
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John Cassian
“And no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And indeed this sign would be enough for you as for the Jews who crucified Him, that you might be taught to believe in the Lord God by this alone, through which even those who had persecuted Him, came to believe.” — editor's note: S. Matt. xvi. 4.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
As the Lord sent the multitudes away after the miracle of the five loaves, so also now, not on foot, but by boat, that the multitudes may not follow Him; “And He sent away the multitude, and entered into a ship, and…
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Mark says Dalmanutha; no doubt the same place under a different name; for many copies of the Gospel according to Mark have Magedan.
Read the whole comment - Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
This Magedan is the country opposite Gerasa, and is interpreted ‘fruits,’ or ‘a messenger.’ It signifies a garden, of which it is said, “A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed,” [Song of Songs 4:!2] wherein the fruits…
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Wondrous blindness of the Pharisees and Sadducees! They asked a sign from heaven, as though the things they now saw were not signs. John shews what sign it was they desired; for he relates, that after the feeding…
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This is not found in most copies of the Greek text [ed. note: That is, ver 2 and 3. They are omitted in many manuscripts and versions]. But the sense is clear, that fair and rainy days may be foretold by the…
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We might also understand this saying, “When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,” in this way, By the blood of Christ’s passion at His first coming, indulgence of sin is given. “And in…
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Otherwise; “The sky is red and lowring;” that is, the Apostles suffer after the resurrection, by which ye may know that I shall judge hereafter; for if I spare not the good who are mine from present suffering, I…
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“The signs of the times” He means of His own coming, or passion, to which the evening redness of the heavens may be likened; and the tribulation which shall be before His coming, to which the morning redness with the…
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As then in the sky there is one sign of fair weather, and another of rain, so ought ye to think concerning me; now, in this My first coming, there is need of these signs which are done in the earth; but those which…
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This Matthew has already given; whence we may store up for our information, that the Lord spoke the same things many times, that where there are contradictions which cannot be explained, it may be understood that the…
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He says, “Evil and adulterous generation,” that is, unbelieving, having carnal, and not spiritual understanding.
Read the whole comment - Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
To this generation that thus tempted the Lord is not given a sign from heaven, such as they sought for, though many signs are given on the earth; but only to the generation of such as sought the Lord, in whose sight…
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But what is meant by the sign of Jonas has been explained above.
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And when the Pharisees heard this, they ought to have asked Him, What it was He meant? But they had not asked at first with any desire of learning, and therefore the Lord leaves them, as it follows, “And he left…
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That is, leaving the evil generation of the Jews, He passed over the strait, and the people of the Gentiles followed Him.
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Observe, we do not read here as in other places, that He sent the multitudes away and departed; but because the error of unbelief held the minds of the presumptuous, it is said that He left them.
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Cross-references · 9
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 Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 16:1–4 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 16:1–4 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius III.16.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius III.16.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.52.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.52.