Matthew 16:3

Matthew 16:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
• New International Version (NIV)and 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 you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

Context of Matthew 16:3

1The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and putting Jesus to the test, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. 2But He replied to them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but are you unable to discern the signs of the times? 4An evil and adulterous generation wants a sign; and so a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away. 5And the disciples came to the other side of the sea, but they had forgotten to bring any bread.

Matthew 16:3 word by word

καὶ πρωΐ· σήμερον χειμών, πυρράζει γὰρ στυγνάζων ὁ οὐρανός. τὸ μὲν πρόσωπον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ γινώσκετε διακρίνειν, τὰ δὲ σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν οὐ δύνασθε;Read the interlinear

• And in the morningπρωΐprōi · earlyG4404
• a stormχειμώνcheimōn · winterG5494
• todayσήμερονsēmeron · todayG4594
• for the skyοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• is redπυρράζωpurrhazō · be (fiery) redG4449
• and threateningστυγνάζωstugnazō · be gloomyG4768
• You knowγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• to discernδιακρίνωdiakrinō · to judge/doubtG1252
• appearanceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• but are you unableδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• but are you unableοὐou · noG3756
• the signsσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
• of the timesκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540

Cross-references for Matthew 16:3

• Matthew 7:5You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye!
• Matthew 15:7You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you, by saying:
• Matthew 22:18But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?
• Matthew 23:13“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter it yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
• Luke 11:44Woe to you! For you are like unseen tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.”
• Luke 13:15But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, does each of you on the Sabbath not untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it away to water it?
• Matthew 4:23Jesus was going about in all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
• Matthew 11:5those who are blind receive sight and those who limp walk, those with leprosy are cleansed and those who are deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
• 1 Chronicles 12:32From the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.

Commentaries on Matthew 16:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The sky is red and lowering - The signs of fair and foul weather were observed in a similar manner among the Romans, and indeed among most other people. Many treatises have been written on the subject: thus a poet: - Caeruleus pluviam denunciant, Igneus euros Sin Maculae incipient Rutilo immiscerier Igni, Omnia tunc pariter Vento Nimbisque videbis Fervere Virg. Geor. i. l. 453 "If fiery red his glowing globe descends, High winds and furious tempests he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-4Verses 1-4 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The signs of the times were Jesus himself and the miracles he performed (see Matthew 16:4; 11:2–6; 12:28).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 16:3

• Blindness
• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Pharisees
• Reproof
• Sign
• Weather

In the dictionaries

• Adulterous
• Bind
• Blood
• Gain
• Gate
• Hell
• Leaven
• Loose
• Pharisees
• Profited

Commentaries on Matthew 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings