Revised Version 1895
Matthew 16:3
3And in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the heaven is red and lowring. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times.
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
1And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and tempting him asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. 2But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the heaven is red and lowring. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times. 4An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed. 5And the disciples came to the other side and forgot to take bread.
Read all of Matthew 16Matthew 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
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- morningπρωΐprōi · earlyG4404
- Itδέde · thenG1161
- todayσήμερονsēmeron · todayG4594
- forγάρgar · forG1063
- heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
- redπυρράζωpurrhazō · be (fiery) redG4449
- knowγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
- toδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
- discernδιακρίνωdiakrinō · to judge/doubtG1252
- faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
- cannotοὐou · noG3756
- signsσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
- timesκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
Cross-references for Matthew 16:3
- Matthew 7:5Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
- Matthew 15:7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
- Matthew 22:18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
- Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.
- Luke 11:44Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over them know it not.
- Luke 13:15But the Lord answered him, and said, Ye hypocrites, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
- Matthew 4:23And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people.
- Matthew 11:5the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.
- 1 Chronicles 12:32And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
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
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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
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