 | Baptists - 1852
...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.) - Bible - 1853
...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 - 194 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 - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 308 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 - 502 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 - 169 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... | |
 | Alan Dundes - Religion - 1999 - 131 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... | |
 | Bibles - 1999 - 78 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... | |
 | Robin Sampson, Linda Pierce - Religion - 2001 - 583 pages
...Sabbaths. The Pharisee's asked Jesus for a sign— they wanted evidence that He was the promised Messiah. "But He answered and said unto them, 'an evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the Prophet Jonas. For... | |
 | Charles Williams, Florence Sarah Conway Williams - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 315 pages
...Version of the Bible: "the appearance of Your Majesty, as of the Sun in his strength." 77. Matt. 12:39: "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it." 78. 2 Sam. 6:6-7: "Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook... | |
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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. 
