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Matthew 16:2
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He replied, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be good weather because the sky is red.’
He answered, and said vnto them, When it is euening, yee say, It will bee faire weather: for the skie is red.
He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
But He replied to them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
Jesus answered, "At sunset you say we will have good weather, because the sky is red.
But He replied to them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
But he answered, and said vnto them, When it is euening, ye say, Faire wether: for ye skie is red.
But He replied to them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
But He replied to them, "When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
But He replied, "When evening comes, you say, 'The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,'
He told them: If the sky is red in the evening, you say the weather will be good.
But his response was, "When it is evening, you say, ‘Fair weather ahead,' because the sky is red;
But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;
Jesus answered, "When you people see the sunset, you know what the weather will be. If the sky is red, you say we will have good weather.
But he answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It is clear, for the sky is red.
But Jesus answered, "When the sun is setting, you say, ‘We are going to have fine weather, because the sky is red.'
So he answered and said to them, "When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather because the sky is red,'
But answering, He said to them, Evening coming on, you say, Clear sky, for the sky is red.
But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.
But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red.
But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
He replied to them, "You say, 'Red sky at night, what a delight!
3But he answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be serene weather, for the heaven hath reddened.
But he answered, and said to them: When it is evening ye say, It will be fair weather; for the heavens are red.
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But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.
But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
He answering said to them, In the evening ye say, It will be fair weather; for the sky is red:
He replied, "In the evening you say, `It will be fine weather, for the sky is red;'
And he answeride, and seide to hem, Whanne the euentid is comun, ye seien, It schal be clere, for heuene is rodi;
But he answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, [It will be] fair weather: for the heaven is red.
He answered and said to them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be] fair weather: for the sky is red.
He said, "When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,'
He answered and said to them, "When it is evening you say, "It will be fair weather, for the sky is red';
He replied, "You know the saying, ‘Red sky at night means fair weather tomorrow;
(*He said to them, "In the evening you say, ‘The weather will be good tomorrow because the sky is red.'
He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
But, he, answering said unto them -
But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.
He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.'
He answered and sayde vnto the. At even ye saye we shall have fayre wedder and yt because ye skye is reed:
and he answering said to them, `Evening having come, ye say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red,
But he answered, & sayde: At eue ye saye: It wil be fayre wedder. for ye sskye is reed.
but he answered them, in the evening you foretel fair weather: when the sky is of a bright red.
He told 'em, "If the sky is red in the evening, you would say the weather will be good.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
When: Luke 12:54-56
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:14 - and let Daniel 3:18 - be it
Cross-References
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
Sarai, Abram's wife, hadn't yet produced a child. She had an Egyptian maid named Hagar. Sarai said to Abram, " God has not seen fit to let me have a child. Sleep with my maid. Maybe I can get a family from her." Abram agreed to do what Sarai said.
"You decide," said Abram. "Your maid is your business." Sarai was abusive to Hagar and Hagar ran away.
The angel of God said, "Go back to your mistress. Put up with her abuse." He continued, "I'm going to give you a big family, children past counting. From this pregnancy, you'll get a son: Name him Ishmael; for God heard you, God answered you. He'll be a bucking bronco of a man, a real fighter, fighting and being fought, Always stirring up trouble, always at odds with his family."
One of them said, "I'm coming back about this time next year. When I arrive, your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the tent opening, just behind the man.
Isaac prayed hard to God for his wife because she was barren. God answered his prayer and Rebekah became pregnant. But the children tumbled and kicked inside her so much that she said, "If this is the way it's going to be, why go on living?" She went to God to find out what was going on. God told her, Two nations are in your womb, two peoples butting heads while still in your body. One people will overpower the other, and the older will serve the younger.
Rachel said, "God took my side and vindicated me. He listened to me and gave me a son." She named him Dan (Vindication). Rachel's maid Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son. Rachel said, "I've been in an all-out fight with my sister—and I've won." So she named him Naphtali (Fight).
And then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her and opened her womb. She became pregnant and had a son. She said, "God has taken away my humiliation." She named him Joseph (Add), praying, "May God add yet another son to me."
All the people in the town square that day, backing up the elders, said, "Yes, we are witnesses. May God make this woman who is coming into your household like Rachel and Leah, the two women who built the family of Israel. May God make you a pillar in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem! With the children God gives you from this young woman, may your family rival the family of Perez, the son Tamar bore to Judah."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He answered and said unto them,.... Knowing full well their views, and having wrought sufficient miracles to confirm his Messiahship, he thought fit to give them no other answer than this:
when it is evening, ye say, it will be fair weather, for the sky is red; when the sun is setting, it is a common thing for you to say, looking up to the heavens, and observing the face and colour of them, that it is like to be fair weather; no rain, that night, nor perhaps the next day, for the sky is red like fire, through the rays of the sun; which show the clouds to be very thin, and so will soon waste away, and consequently fine weather must follow.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See also Mark 8:11-12.
The Pharisees also, and the Sadducees - See the notes at Matthew 3:7.
Tempting - That is, trying him - feigning a desire to see evidence that he was the Messiah, but with a real desire to see him make the attempt to work a miracle and fail, so that they might betray him and ruin him.
A sign from heaven - Some miraculous appearance in the sky. Such appearances had been given by the prophets; and they supposed, if he was the Messiah, that his miracles would not all be confined to the earth, but that he was able to give some signal miracle from heaven. Samuel had caused it to thunder 1 Samuel 12:16-18; Isaiah had caused the shadow to go back ten degrees on the dial of Ahaz Isaiah 38:8; and Moses had sent manna from heaven, Exodus 16:4; John 6:31. It is proper to say, that though Christ did not choose then to show such wonders, yet far more stupendous signs from heaven than these were exhibited at his death.
Matthew 16:2, Matthew 16:3
He answered ... - The meaning of this answer is, There are certain indications by which you judge about the weather.
In the evening you think you can predict the weather tomorrow. You have evidence in the redness of the sky by which you judge. So there are sufficient indications on which you should judge concerning me and these times. My miracles, and the state of affairs in Judea, are an indication by which you should judge.
Is red - Almost all nations have observed this as an indication of fair weather.
In the morning ...the sky is red and lowering - That is, there are threatening clouds in the sky, which are made red by the rays of the rising sun. This, in Judea, was a sign of a tempest. In other places, however, the signs of a storm may be different.
The face of the sky - The appearance of the sky.
Matthew 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation ... - See the notes at Matthew 12:38-40. Mark adds Mark 8:12 that he signed deeply in spirit. He did not say this without feeling; he was greatly affected with their perverseness and obstinacy.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 16:2. When it is evening — There are certain signs of fair and foul weather, which ye are in the constant habit of observing, and which do not fail. - The signs of the times: the doctrine which I preach, and the miracles which I work among you, are as sure signs that the day-spring from on high has visited you for your salvation; but if ye refute to hear, and continue in darkness, the red and gloomy cloud of vindictive justice shall pour out such a storm of wrath upon you as shalt sweep you from the face of the earth.
