Matthew 16:1 Parallel Translations

The Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus. So they asked him to show them a miraculous sign from heaven.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

ASV:

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

BBE:

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.

DBY:

And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to him, asked him, tempting him, to shew them a sign out of heaven.

ERV:

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and tempting him asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

WEY:

Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him; and, to make trial of Him, they asked Him to show them a sign in the sky.

WBS:

The Pharisees also and the Sadducees came, and, tempting, desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven.

WEB:

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

YLT:

And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,

Matthew 16:1 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You."

Matthew 16:6 And Jesus said to them, "Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Matthew 16:11 "How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Mark 8:11 The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him.

Luke 11:16 Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

16:1 The {1} Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and {a} tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
(1) The wicked who otherwise disagree with one another, agree well together against Christ, but do what they can, Christ is victorious, and triumphs over them.
(a) To see whether he could do that which they desired, but their purpose was useless for they thought to find something in him by it, in which case they might have just occasion to reprehend him: or else distrust and curiosity moved them to do so, for by such means also is God said to be tempted, that is to say, provoked to anger, as though men would strive with him.

PNT:

16:1 The Foundation of the Church
SUMMARY OF MATTHEW 16:
A Sign Demanded. The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. At Caesarea Philippi. The Elias Who Should Come. The Confession of Peter. The Rock on Which the Church Should Be Founded. The Keys. Christ's Death at Jerusalem Foretold. The Rebuke of Peter. Losing Life and Finding It. The Coming of the Son of Man.
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees. Compare Mr 8:10-13. For description of these two sects, see PNT Mt 3:7. It is the first time the latter party is mentioned as opposed to Christ.
A sign from heaven. Some mighty, visible miracle. See Mt 12:38. Still in Paul's time the Jews required a sign (1Co 1:22).

WES:

16:1 A sign from heaven - Such they imagined Satan could not counterfeit. Mark 8:11; Matt 12:38.

MHC:

16:1-4 The Pharisees and Sadducees were opposed to each other in principles and in conduct; yet they joined against Christ. But they desired a sign of their own choosing: they despised those signs which relieved the necessity of the sick and sorrowful, and called for something else which would gratify the curiosity of the proud. It is great hypocrisy, when we slight the signs of God's ordaining, to seek for signs of our own devising.

CONC:

Asking Desired Heaven Pharisees Question Request Sadducees Sad'ducees Shew Sign Sky Tempting Test Tested Testing Trial Trying

Desired Heaven Jesus Pharisees Question Request Sadducees Sad'ducees Shew Show Sign Sky Tempting Test Tested Testing Trial Trying

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