Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ New Living Translation He replied, “You know the saying, ‘Red sky at night means fair weather tomorrow; English Standard Version He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ Berean Standard Bible But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’ Berean Literal Bible And answering He said to them, "Evening having come, you say, 'Fair weather, for the sky is red,' King James Bible He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. New King James Version He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; New American Standard Bible But He replied to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ NASB 1995 But He replied to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ NASB 1977 But He answered and said to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ Legacy Standard Bible But He replied to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ Amplified Bible But He replied to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ Christian Standard Bible He replied, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be good weather because the sky is red.’ Holman Christian Standard Bible He answered them: “When evening comes you say, It will be good weather because the sky is red.’ American Standard Version But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red. Contemporary English Version He told them: If the sky is red in the evening, you say the weather will be good. English Revised Version But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red. GOD'S WORD® Translation He responded to them, "In the evening you say that the weather will be fine because the sky is red. Good News Translation But Jesus answered, "When the sun is setting, you say, 'We are going to have fine weather, because the sky is red.' International Standard Version He replied to them, "You say, 'Red sky at night, what a delight! Majority Standard Bible But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’ NET Bible He said, "When evening comes you say, 'It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,' New Heart English Bible But he answered and said to them, " When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' Webster's Bible Translation He answered and said to them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. Weymouth New Testament He replied, "In the evening you say, 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is red;' World English Bible But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand He answering said to them, “Evening having come, you say, Fair weather, for the sky is red, Berean Literal Bible And answering He said to them, "Evening having come, you say, 'Fair weather, for the sky is red,' Young's Literal Translation and he answering said to them, 'Evening having come, ye say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red, Smith's Literal Translation And he having answered, said to them, It being evening, ye say, Calm weather: for the heaven is fiery red. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red. Catholic Public Domain Version But he responded by saying to them: “When evening arrives, you say, ‘It will be calm, for the sky is red,’ New American Bible He said to them in reply, “[In the evening you say, ‘Tomorrow will be fair, for the sky is red’; New Revised Standard Version He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut he answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It is clear, for the sky is red. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But he answered and said to them, “Whenever it is evening you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red'.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentBut he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, Fair weather; for the sky is red. Godbey New Testament And He responding said to them, Haweis New Testament And he answering, said unto them, When evening comes, ye say, Fair weather, for the sky is red. Mace New Testament but he answered them, in the evening you foretel fair weather: when the sky is of a bright red. Weymouth New Testament He replied, "In the evening you say, 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is red;' Worrell New Testament and He, answering, said to them, Worsley New Testament But He answered them, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Demand for a Sign1Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. 2But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’ 3and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.… Cross References Luke 12:54-56 Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens. / And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is. / You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time? Matthew 12:38-39 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” / Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. Mark 8:11-12 Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven. / Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.” John 4:48 Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.” 1 Corinthians 1:22 Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom, Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish. Jonah 3:4-10 On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!” / And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. / When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. ... 2 Kings 20:8-11 Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?” / And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?” / “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.” ... Isaiah 7:11-14 “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.” / But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.” / Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well? ... Isaiah 38:7-8 This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: / I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended. Genesis 1:14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years. Psalm 19:1-4 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. / Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. / Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard, ... Jeremiah 10:2 This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them. Ezekiel 12:22-23 “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’? / Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled. Amos 4:13 For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.” Treasury of Scripture He answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. When. Luke 12:54-56 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is… Jump to Previous Evening Fair Fine Good Heaven Nightfall Red Sky Weather WillJump to Next Evening Fair Fine Good Heaven Nightfall Red Sky Weather WillMatthew 16 1. The Pharisees require a sign.5. Jesus warns his disciples of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 13. The people's opinion of Jesus, 16. and Peter's confession of him. 21. Jesus foretells his death; 23. reproves Peter for dissuading him from it; 24. and admonishes those who will follow him, to bear the cross. He replied This phrase indicates a direct response from Jesus, emphasizing His role as a teacher and authority. The Greek word used here is "ἀποκριθεὶς" (apokritheis), which means to answer or respond. This sets the stage for a teaching moment, where Jesus addresses the spiritual blindness of the Pharisees and Sadducees. His reply is not just a simple answer but a profound revelation of truth. When evening comes you say ‘It will be fair weather for the sky is red It is a singular instance of the way in which the habit of minute criticism stunts or even kills the power of discernment which depends on imagination, that Strauss should have looked on words so full of profound and suggestive meaning as "absolutely unintelligible" (Leben Jesu, II. viii. p. 85). In the outward framework of the parable the weather-signs of Palestine seem to have been the same as those of England. The clear red evening sky is a prophecy of a bright morning. The morning red--not "red" simply, but with the indescribable threatening aspect implied in "lowering," the frown of the sky, as it were (comp. Mark 10:22, where the same word is rendered "grieved")--makes men look for storms. Verse 2. - The paragraph consisting of this and ver. 3 is omitted by many good manuscripts, probably owing to its similarity to the passage in Matthew 12:38. These verses are most probably genuine; and they certainly could not have been foisted into the text from Luke 12:54-56. The circumstances are too different, and the variations too marked, to make such interpolation probable. When it is evening. The Pharisees had demanded a sign from heaven; Jesus points to the western glow in the sky, and taunts them with being ready enough to read the signs of the weather, but slow to interpret proofs of more important circumstances. He does not, in the case of these mixed cavillers, argue from Scripture, but from the natural world, and he points out that, had they eyes to see and a mind to discern, they might mark tokens in historical events, in the moral and spiritual world, which attested his Messiahship as clearly as any specially given sign from heaven. Ye say, It will be fair weather (εὐδία). Probably an exclamation, Ye say, Fair weather! Rabbinical schools made a point of teaching weather lore; prognostications on this subject were greatly in vogue, and the rains of the coming year were annually foretold. On such meteorological observations, we may refer to Virgil, 'Georg,' 1:425, etc.; and Pliny, 'Nat. Hist.,' 18:35 and 78.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Butδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. He replied, ἀποκριθεὶς (apokritheis) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. “When evening Ὀψίας (Opsias) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3798: Late, evening. From opse; late; feminine afternoon or nightfall. comes, γενομένης (genomenēs) Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. you say, λέγετε (legete) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ‘The weather [will be] fair, Εὐδία (Eudia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 2105: Fair weather, good weather. Feminine from eu and the alternate of Zeus; a clear sky, i.e. Fine weather. for γὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sky οὐρανός (ouranos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. is red;’ πυρράζει (pyrrazei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4449: To be red, fire-colored. From purrhos; to redden. Links Matthew 16:2 NIVMatthew 16:2 NLT Matthew 16:2 ESV Matthew 16:2 NASB Matthew 16:2 KJV Matthew 16:2 BibleApps.com Matthew 16:2 Biblia Paralela Matthew 16:2 Chinese Bible Matthew 16:2 French Bible Matthew 16:2 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 16:2 But he answered them When it (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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