Hence they were not only an evil, but adulterous generation. This leads to the inquiry, Does Christ address them with such harshness of language, because they wished to have a sign given them? ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν αυτοις γενεα πονηρα και μοιχαλις σημειον επιζητει και σημειον ου δοθησεται αυτη ει μη το σημειον ιωνα του προφητου Your Faithlife account signs you in to all our sites. Israel had once been, as it were, the true spouse and bride of Jehovah. But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. Now he shows us the kind of heavy burdens and hard yokes the religious leaders put upon the people. Matthew 12:39–40 NASB95 - But He answered and… | Biblia 15 iAnd if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, jchoose this day whom you will serve, whether hthe gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or kthe gods of the Amorites in whose land you … There they had revealed their evil by how they had responded to His casting out of demons. Jonah was not the only prophetic preacher of repentance; but, as Nineveh is held up as a reproach to the persons addressed, to single him out was fitting. They thus have all the proof that they need before their eyes. v, par. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Here is a big clue from the life of the Apostle Paul Here is a big clue from the life of the Apostle Paul- 1 Cor 4:9 For I [Paul] think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, as though sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to mortals. See Jeremiah 3:9. What is referred to? This verse shows us how obscure a “sign” can be But for what follows we should have said: the preaching of repentance by Jonah to the Ninevites. They must, however, be interpreted by the context. Matthew 12:39. His prophecy of his burial, after the manner of the swallowing of Jonah, was in itself a miracle of foreknowledge, and so a proof of his Messiahship. (39) An evil and adulterous generation.—The true relation between Israel and Jehovah had been represented by the prophets as that of the wife to her husband (Jeremiah 3; Ezekiel 16, 23; Hosea 1, 2). Matthew 12:39 Context 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Jesus will use both these ideas for His signs. Luke says that they made the request. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. “You despise,” he says, “the Son of God, who has come down to you from heaven: but I am yet to die, and to rise from the grave, and to speak to you after my resurrection, as Jonah came from the bottom of the sea to Nineveh.” In this manner our Lord cuts off every pretense for their wicked demands, by threatening that he will be their Prophet after his resurrection, since they do not receive him while clothed with mortal flesh. They had a moblike desire to see splendid shows in the sky, not unlike the excitement of the populace for fireworks on some day of public celebration. Matthew 12:39-40 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 39 But He answered and said to them, “ An evil and adulterous generation craves for a [] sign; and yet no [] sign will be given to it but the [] sign of Jonah the prophet; 40 for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. For this was the relationship in which He stood to the covenant people - "I am married unto you" (Jeremiah 3:14). There was, therefore, no proper ground for this annoyance; and they had no other object in view than to appear to have a good reason for rejecting Christ. They had replaced God in their hearts by His own Law as interpreted by them, and had gone astray after ritual, while at the same time altering His Law to suit their own ideas. (Menochius), adulterous. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1896. This latter expression is best explained by Jeremiah 3:20, "Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord." conceived his sacred relation to God as represented by the figure of marriage, hence idolatry and Remember: he is speaking to his enemies—those who said he did his miracles by means of Satan’s power. "when the people were gathered thick together", "Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord. It is one of the ironies of history that the very people who always wanted to see the spectacular, had on the other hand taken God’s living Law and turned it into chains and manacles as a result of its formality and excessive restraint. He did not do miracles to satisfy curiosity, or to make himself popular. Released from there after three days, through fervent prayer, he went and preached in Nineveh where there was instant revival, with the people repenting in sackcloth and ashes (a sign of their repentance). The Hebrew (Psalm 73:27; Isaiah 57:3 ff. When Jesus wept in the Garden of Gethsemane, he left an example for those who wrestle with soul-crushing sorrow. It is not solely, therefore, because they ask a sign, that Christ makes this attack upon the scribes, but because they are ungrateful to God, wickedly despise so many of his wonderful works, and try to find a subterfuge for not obeying his word. τὸ σημ. Paul condemns their posterity for the same crime, when he says that the Jews require a sign, (1 Corinthians 1:22). Luke is no exception to this. He declines, knowing it to be vain. For had they but recognised it, His unique teaching was the greatest sign of all, a sign which has carried on through the ages, leaving all who have read it without excuse. Our present generation also will be judged by the fact that it has the teaching of Jesus in all its splendour, and yet have refused to acknowledge it in any significant way, and to respond to the One Who gave it. 39 He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! The principle, ‘If any man wills to do His will, He will know of the teaching, whether it be of God’ (John 7:17), still applies. We expect the gospels, perhaps Luke especially, to reassure us that we find security in Jesus Christ. About this page Source. THE LOST ART OF CROSS-BEARING This is the third part of Matthew's Missionary Discourse (10:5-42). By following his example, we can find hope and healing during life's hardships and heartaches. Zigabenus. Matthew 5:38-42, the other cheek and the extra mile 5:38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ 5:39 But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. for on other occasions God manifests that He is not so much displeased on this account. But if he is on Satan's side, he will produce Satan's fruit. There shall no sign be given to it. Matthew 12:39–40 39 But he answered them, x “ An evil and y adulterous generation seeks for a sign , but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah . ; Ezekiel 23:27, al.) But he answered and said unto them - "when the people were gathered thick together" (Luke 11:20). Matthew 12:40 gives an entirely different turn to the reference. This is the Messiah that gross human nature ever seeks. This passage introduces a second stage of the mission instructions for the twelve which began … Continue reading "Commentary on Matthew 10:24-39" 1 Corinthians 1:22. Seeketh after, craves, demands as essential. No sign will convince them; why give one?— , etc. It is fairly easy to tell. Hezekiah does not ask a sign, and it is offered to him, though unsolicited, (Isaiah 38:7.) viii.) When Jesus heals a man with withered hand, they "conspired against him, how to destroy him" (12:14). on StudyLight.org Featuring the Church Fathers, Catholic Encyclopedia, Summa Theologica and more. They wanted constant evidences, thereby underlining their unbelief. For the reasons expressed in the preceding paragraph, Jesus called them an evil generation and refused to perform any miracle at that time. Greek. This word is thrice repeated here with great emphasis; cf. Here in Matthew 12:39-40, the “sign” of Jonah was that he was dead in the fish for three days and three nights, just like Jesus would be dead for three days and nights in the grave. A considerable portion of the world may be opposed to the disciples of Christ, and the confession of their faith may draw upon them universal hatred. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The Saturday/Sunday resurrection issue has been a focal point of debate in many circles because of the impact that it could have on the correct day of worship. Matthew 12:33-37 We can determine which side somebody is on by the fruits of his life. THE CONTEXT: Chapter 12 seethes with conflict. In these verses, Matthew collects a number of related sayings of Jesus having to do with committed discipleship in the face of conflict. Matthew 12:39-40 KJV But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. This is the Messiah that gross human nature ever seeks. "Matthew 10:39, ESV: "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Seeketh after a sign. From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. Matthew 12:40 (cf. However, he was willing to stake his reputation as a prophet on an event yet to come. One would in due time be given, which would demonstrate his Messiahship; but it would not convince them. But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. Since its omission can be explained by reluctance to attribute this ignorance to the Son , the reading that includes it is probably original. Jonah was called by God to preach in godless Nineveh, but he tried to avoid the task and ended up within the insides of a large fish. ‘Answered and said.’ In Matthew ‘answered’ does not necessarily refer back to a particular question. The adulterous generation was therefore one that was unfaithful to its Lord—demanding a sign, instead of finding sufficient proofs of faithfulness and love in what He had already done. Matthew 12:39. as in Matthew 11:16, a moral class, “quae in omni malitia et improbitate vivit,” Suicer, s. v. .— , unfaithful to God as a wife to a husband, apt description of men professing godliness but ungodly in heart.— , hankers after, as in Matthew 6:32; characteristic; men that have no light within crave external evidence, which given would be of no service to them. he verse cannot be challenged on critical grounds. Thus all men and women will be judged by their reaction to that teaching and to the One Who is its source. Matthew 10:40. Spiritually. The sign of Jonah the prophet. * [ 24:36 ] Many textual witnesses omit nor the Son , which follows Mk 13:32 . An evil and adulterous generation. They had already been convicted by various miracles, and Christ does not abstain from exerting his power among them, for the purpose of rendering them inexcusable, but only means that one sign would stand for all, because they were unworthy of having their ungodly desire granted. What we sometimes neglect is that the gospels also speak about our condition and obligations in ways that make us fear for our security. Matthew 5:32; and also, by synecdoche, very guilty; see James 4:4.— σημεῖον, a sign) and one too of a certain special kind. род лукавый и прелюбодейный Здесь говорится о духовном блуде – неверности Богу (ср. v, par. 10 We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. Comp. Sign of the prophet Jonas — Our Lord, even in refusing a sign, gives a sign. ἰωνᾶ] which was given in the person of Jonah, John 2:1. Not the same as in Matthew 12:34. Matthew 10:39 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ]Matthew 10:39, NIV: "Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. How evil and godless. Matthew 12:39. This time the parallel appears not just in what they will say and do, but in what they will experience in the mission field: rejection, suffering, and for some even death. He calls them adulterous, that is, spurious or illegitimate, (165) because they were degenerated from the holy fathers; as the prophets reproach the men of their age with being not the descendants of Abraham, but the ungodly seed of Canaan. Seeks a sign. Ezekiel 23:37, &c. generation. Pharisees criticize Jesus for allowing his disciples to pluck grain on the Sabbath (12:1-8). Matthew just quoted Jesus offering us an easy yoke and a light burden. Commentary on John 6:52-59 (Read John 6:52-59 ) The flesh and blood of the Son of man, denote the Redeemer in the nature of man; Christ and him crucified, and the redemption wrought out by him, with all the precious benefits of redemption; pardon of sin, acceptance with God, the way to the throne of grace, the promises of the covenant, and eternal life. Sign of Jonas. That kind of sign He will not give them! These Pharisees represent the great part of the Jewish people, who looked for a temporal Deliverer, showing signs from heaven. Ahaz is severely blamed for refusing to ask a sign, as the prophet had enjoined him to do, (Isaiah 7:11.) 40 For z just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish , a so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth . Therefore: : it will not be given either by Jesus or by any one else. Josephus later tells us that they were also evil and adulterous in practise, (‘that period had somehow become so prolific of crime of every description amongst the Jews, that no deed of iniquity was left unperpetrated, nor, had man’s wit been exercised to devise it, could he have discovered any new form of vice’ (not already being practised)) which was the kind of behaviour that went along with their spiritual attitude. Their true spouse now was Jesus, the Jehovah incarnate. : except the sign of Jonah the prophet, which was no sign in their sense. Commentary on Matthew 12:14-21 (Read Matthew 12:14-21) The Pharisees took counsel to find some accusation, that Jesus might be condemned to death. And for a Messiah they wished a leader of the people who should gratify their riotous tastes and give them war and victory. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights .. Looking to help your … And for a Messiah they wished a leader of the people who should gratify their riotous tastes and give them war and victory. John 19:14)—If Jesus was crucified on Friday, how could He have been in the grave three days and nights? For such spiritual adultery see also Matthew 16:4 : Mark 8:38; Isaiah 57:3; Ezekiel 16:32; Ezekiel 16:36; Ezekiel 23:37; Ezekiel 23:45; Hosea 1-3. But with a vile spiritual adultery they were forsaking him, and embracing in their hearts a false Messiah, the incarnation of their own riotous tastes and appetites. σεν ἀλλʼ οὐ διʼ αὐτούς, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν τῶν ἄλλων ὠφέλειαν, They wish for an occasion, and no occasion is given them, They seek for a sign, and no sign shall be given them, But he answered and said to them, An evil, A sign; but there shall no sign be given to it, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. Jesus points to that historic instance and says: Beware! But with a vile, they were forsaking him, and embracing in their hearts a false Messiah, the incarnation of their own riotous tastes and appetites. Nineveh had recognised such teaching, even from a lesser man, and so had the queen of the south, Gentiles all, and all had responded to it, but the Jews who now had something greater, had not because they were evil and adulterous. 39.He answered — Our Lord uniformly rebuked this demand for a sign. Here, as in the Old Testament, ‘adulterous’ means unfaithful to God, idolatrous. They had a moblike desire to see splendid shows in the sky, not unlike the excitement of the populace for fireworks on some day of public celebration. They were like the adulterous wife of Hosea (Hosea 1:2), taken up with anyone and anything except faithfulness, except what represented the truth. Lk 17:26–27, 34–35; 12:39–40). 2 Corinthians 11:12, where the meaning is, They wish for an occasion, and no occasion is given them; which resembles what is said here, They seek for a sign, and no sign shall be given them.— ἐπιζητεῖ seeketh in addition) i.e. , and introduction to chap. Иер.5:7, 8). “Let them rest satisfied,” says he, “with this sign, that as Jonah, brought up from the bottom of the sea, preached to the Ninevites, so they will hear the voice of a prophet risen from the dead.” The most of commentators, I am aware, display greater ingenuity in expounding this passage; but as the resemblance between Christ and Jonah does not hold at every point, we must inquire in what respect Christ compares himself to Jonah. it is said, When you shall have exalted the Son of man, then you shall know that I am he. Luke says that they made the request tempting, or making experiments upon him. An evil and adulterous generation. Such is the case with Luke 11-13, which … Continue reading "Commentary on Luke 12:32-40" 9. Jesus thus indicates His resurrection, διὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα, Euth. One sign and only one, such as they demanded, should be given to those for whom the other notes of Messiahship were insufficient, and that should be the sign of the prophet Jonas. ‘No sign,’ to confirm their false views of the Messiah. Aware of their design, as his time was not come, he retired from that Matthew 12:39.A wicked generation He does not merely charge that age with malice, but pronounces the Jews—or at least the scribes, and those who resembled them—to be a wicked nation; thus declaring that they labored under a hereditary disease of obstinacy. Problem: Christ rose on Sunday (Matt. Notice the emphasis in the thrice repeated σημεῖον. genea. It rather has in mind that Jesus’ words are a total answer to all who hear them, that Jesus is God’s answer to all men’s questions. Matthew 12:38-40 Did the day of Jesus' resurrection cause a change in the day of worship? A sign shall not be given to it. Mateo 12:39 Pero respondiendo El, les dijo: Una generación perversa y adúltera demanda señal, y ninguna señal se le dará, sino la señal de Jonás el profeta; Comentario de Matthew Henry The Sign of Jonah - But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. Israel had once, been, as it were, the true spouse and bride of Jehovah. So Luke 11:30 seems to take it. Matthew 12:40 What Does Matthew 12:40 Mean? When he heals a demoniac, Matthew 12:39 - But He answered and said to them, 'An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; on StudyLight.org 4. What a display was this, I do not say of indifference, but of malice, in shutting their eyes against so many signs! See note on Matthew 11:16. This section is drawn from Mark and Q (cf. Matthew continues the theme of disciples imitating their master. Matthew 12:39-40 King James Version (KJV) 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Matthew 10:24-39 EXEGESIS: MATTHEW 10:24-39. The temper of the demand itself was not to be indulged. Translated by John Patrick. strictly so speaking: see ch. have on the correct day of worship. So Jesus warns them that He will only give them one sign, the sign of the prophet Jonah, although, as Mark 8:11-12 brings out, it is not the kind of sign that they are looking for. Jonah preached repentance to the men of Nineveh as the only way of escape from judgment. Matthew 12:39. γεμεὰ, a generation) A race of the same age and disposition.— μοιχαλὶς, adulterous) i.e. ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν τῶν ἄλλων ὠφέλειαν. If it be These verses are rooted in One great sign would be given, typified in the history of Jonah,—the death and resurrection of Christ. If it is an interpolation, it must have become an accepted part of the text before the date of our earliest copies. For their being ‘evil’ compare Matthew 12:34. And there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 39. Matthew 12:42 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ]Matthew 12:42, NIV: "The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here." 38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the Law said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you.”39 He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! Er aber gab ihnen zur Antwort: »Ein Zeichen verlangt diese Generation, die doch böse ist und sich von Gott abgewandt hat! When the disciples began to pluck the heads of grain, in the eyes of the religious leaders they were guilty of: The word γενεά sometimes denotes an age, and sometimes a people or nation. beyond those which it has already seen, it requires further signs, as if it had seen none yet.— τὸ σημεῖον ἰωνᾶ, the sign of Jonah) that is such a one as was given in Jonah. His prophecy of his burial, after the manner of the swallowing of Jonah, was in itself a miracle of foreknowledge, and so a proof of his Messiahship. The sign of Messiahship, like the Messiah Himself, was the reverse of their expectations: not a sign ‘from heaven,’ but from ‘the heart of the earth.’. for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12:40 - for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster , so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 4. Jesus’ reply is that the only reason that the present generation, who had seen His works (Matthew 11:5; Matthew 11:20-23), could possibly want a sign was because they were ‘evil and adulterous’, that is, because they had made ritual their god and their hearts were set on anything but God, with the result that they were unable to truly judge and weigh up His moral teaching and His life, and recognise that both were from God. No sign; no such sign as they desired. Here it was by how they responded to Him and to His teaching. ‘But he answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will no sign be given to it apart from the sign of Jonah the prophet,” ’. Their true spouse now was Jesus, the Jehovah incarnate. ", John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, John Lightfoot's Commentary on the Gospels, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary, Heinrich Meyer's Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, Johann Albrecht Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture, Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament, Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, E.M. Zerr's Commentary on Selected Books of the New Testament. What follows we should have said: the preaching of repentance by Jonah to the one is. Μοιχαλὶς, adulterous ) i.e therefore:: it will not give them war and victory our Lord rebuked. 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