Matthew 16:1
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
KJV
Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ Σαδδουκαῖοι πειράζοντες ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν σημεῖον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπιδεῖξαι αὐτοῖς.
Greek NT
Et accesserunt ad eum pharisæi et sadducæi tentantes : et rogaverunt eum ut signum de cælo ostenderet eis.
Vulgate
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
ASV
And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Σαδδουκαῖος
saddoukaios
noun · 15×
Φαρισαῖος
pharisaios
noun · 101×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
πειράζω
peirazo
verb · 38×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
σημεῖον
semeion
noun · 77×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐπερωτάω
eperotao
verb · 56×
ἐπιδείκνυμι
epideiknumi
verb · 7×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. What then says the mouth of the apostles, Peter, the ever fervent, the leader of the apostolic choir? When all are asked, he answers. And whereas when He asked the opinion of the people, all replied to the question; when He asked their own, Peter springs forward, and anticipates them, and says, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Matthew 16:16 What then says Chris…
Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew · 2 passages
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …
Covers the Hasmonean dynasty from Jonathan Maccabeus through Alexander Jannaeus and Salome Alexandra. Describes the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes as distinct Jewish schools. Provides essential background for understanding the religious parties encountered in the Gospels.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:22 — For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
- 1Cor 1:22 — For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
- Acts 4:1 — And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
- Acts 5:17 — Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
- Acts 23:6 — But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection o
- Isa 7:11 — Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
- Isa 38:8 — Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
- John 4:48 — Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
- John 6:30 — They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
- John 8:6 — This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
- John 8:6 — This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
- John 20:25 — The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and th
- Judg 6:36 — And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
- Luke 11:16 — And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
- Luke 11:16 — And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
- Luke 11:29 — 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.
- Luke 11:53 — And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
- Luke 12:54 — And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
- Luke 20:23 — But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
- Luke 20:27 — Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
- Luke 20:27 — Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
- Mark 8:11 — And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
- Mark 8:11 — And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
- Matt 12:38 — Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
- Matt 16:6 — Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
- Prov 26:5 — Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.