 | Albert Barnes - 1851 - 870 pages
...— 32. » sign commonly signifies a miracle ; that is, a si^n that God was with the person, or had hought and perplexity. Indeed this is almost their only effect, to 1 from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous • generation seeketh after... | |
 | 1852 - 884 pages
...had expressly told the Jews that no sign from heaven should be given them save his resurrection. " Certain of the scribes and of the pharisees answered,...would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said onto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign ; and there shall no sign be given... | |
 | James Smith (of Jordanhill.) - 1853 - 438 pages
...last state of that man is worse than the first. SECTION XV. THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES SEEK A SIGN. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seclceth after a sign ; and... | |
 | Vikramaditya Rai - 1970 - 210 pages
...would see a sign', like the foolish Scribes and Pharisees in the Bible who were rebuked by Christ: 'an evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it'. The remark unites the present-day humanity to that generation in the past. 'In the juvenescence of... | |
 | Anthony Julius - 1995 - 324 pages
...the cry of the Pharisees against Jesus, does not become the occasion of anti-Semitism in the poem: Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered,...An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign.124 ' Gerontion ' refuses all explanations. It hesitates between premature conclusions and no... | |
 | Karl Anderson - 1996 - 532 pages
...high priest, and cut off his right ear." Capricorn signifies an ear, also a priest. ST. MATT. xii. 38: "Then certain of the Scribes and of the Pharisees...answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign ; and... | |
 | John P. Scott - 1996 - 182 pages
...bodies. Every lihought and act is recorded. (For detailed information, study the "CosmoConception") . "Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying. Master, we would see a sign from Ohee. But he answered and said unto them. An evil and adulterous generation sceketh after a sign; and... | |
 | Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftesbury - 1999 - 412 pages
...Tillotson. 72. 25 Layers-out. Searchers. 72.38 they ask'd for Signs and Wonders. Cf. Matthew xii. 38, 'Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees...answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. ' 75.35 self-govern'd. Shaftesbury anticipates the first OEDcitation (1795). Hall, 'Shaftesbury: Some... | |
 | Alan Dundes - 1999 - 148 pages
...word-forword identical. Duplicate passages also occur in the same chapter or book in the New Testament: Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered,...evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall be no sign given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas (Matt. 12:38-39). The Pharisees... | |
 | 1999 - 100 pages
...judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.' 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, 'Master, we would see a sign from thee.' 38But he answered and said unto them, 'An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and... | |
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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. 
