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A wickedπονηρὰandκαὶadulterousμοιχαλὶςgenerationΓενεὰseeksἐπιζητεῖa sign,σημεῖονandκαὶnoοὐsignσημεῖονwill be givenδοθήσεταιto itαὐτῇexceptεἰ μὴthe signτὸ σημεῖονof Jonah.”ἸωνᾶAndκαὶleavingκαταλιπὼνthem,αὐτοὺςhe went away.ἀπῆλθεν
Matthew 16:4
Study it in the app“A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” And leaving them, he went away.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 16:4, word by word
- A wickedπονηρὰponēra
evil
One who does or desires evil, opposed to God and the good.
Where else “ponēra” appears- adulterousμοιχαλὶςmoichalis
adulteress
Adulteress: a woman unfaithful to her husband. The prophets use the same image for a people unfaithful to God.
Where else “moichalis” appears- generationΓενεὰGenea
generation
Generation: the people born around the same time, or each step from parent to child in a family.
Where else “Genea” appears- seeksἐπιζητεῖepizētei
seek, strive for
Seek, search for, strive after; also wish for.
Where else “epizētei” appears- a signσημεῖονsēmeion
sign
A miracle that shows God's power.
Where else “sēmeion” appears- will be givenδοθήσεταιdothēsetai
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dothēsetai” appears- of JonahἸωνᾶIōna
Jonah
Jonah, the prophet who was three days in the belly of the great fish and preached to Nineveh.
Where else “Iōna” appears- leavingκαταλιπὼνkatalipōn
leave
To go away from a place or person without taking it along.
Where else “katalipōn” appears- he went awayἀπῆλθενapēlthen
go away
To leave where one is for another place, leaving something or someone behind.
Where else “apēlthen” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
A sign from heaven demanded
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Matthew 16:1-4
1And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2But he answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘Fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3And in the morning, ‘Today there will be a storm, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but the signs of the times you cannot discern. 4A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” And leaving them, he went away.
11And the Pharisees came out and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, testing him. 12And sighing deeply in his spirit, he says, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.” 13And leaving them, he got into the boat again and went away to the other side.
The context
3And in the morning, ‘Today there will be a storm, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but the signs of the times you cannot discern.
4 · This verse (above)
5And when the disciples came to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
To study Matthew 16 in a group
1. What it says
Who did people say Jesus was, and what did Peter answer (vv. 13–16)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by losing one's life in order to find it (vv. 24–25)?
3. How I live it
Jesus asks, “But who do you say that I am?” (v. 15). How would you answer in your own words?