161 The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
161 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
161 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
161 Some Pharisees and Sadducees were on him again, pressing him to prove himself to them.
161 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven.
161 One day the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, demanding that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 16:1
Commentary on Matthew 16:1-4
(Read Matthew 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.