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Luke 11:16

And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Miracles;   Pharisees;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Curiosity;   Sign-Seekers;   Signs Sought;   Tried, Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Lord's Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beelzebub;   Luke, Gospel of;   Prayer;   Temptation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Magic, Divination, and Sorcery;   Possession;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Discourse;   Heaven ;   Logia;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Manliness;   Sign ;   Sin (2);   Winter ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Beelzebub;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Miracle;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Beelzebub;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And others, as a test, were demanding of him a sign from heaven.
King James Version (1611)
And other tempting him, sought of him a signe from heauen.
King James Version
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
English Standard Version
while others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
New American Standard Bible
Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.
New Century Version
Other people, wanting to test Jesus, asked him to give them a sign from heaven.
Amplified Bible
Others, trying to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.
Legacy Standard Bible
And others, testing Him, were seeking from Him a sign from heaven.
Berean Standard Bible
And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.
Contemporary English Version
Others wanted to put Jesus to the test. So they asked him to show them a sign from God.
Complete Jewish Bible
And others, trying to trap him, demanded from him a sign from Heaven.
Darby Translation
And others tempting [him] sought from him a sign out of heaven.
Easy-to-Read Version
Some others there wanted to test Jesus. They asked him to do a miracle as a sign from God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And others tempted him, seeking of him a signe from heauen.
George Lamsa Translation
And others, tempting him, asked him for a sign from heaven.
Good News Translation
Others wanted to trap Jesus, so they asked him to perform a miracle to show that God approved of him.
Lexham English Bible
And others, in order to test him, were demanding from him a sign from heaven.
Literal Translation
And tempting Him , others were seeking a miraculous sign from Heaven from Him.
American Standard Version
And others, trying him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
Hebrew Names Version
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
while others, tempting him, the sign from heaven demanded of him.
Murdock Translation
And others, to tempt him, asked of him a sign from heaven.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And other tempted him, and required of hym a signe from heauen.
English Revised Version
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
World English Bible
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And others tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
Weymouth's New Testament
Others, to put Him to the test, asked Him for a sign in the sky.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And othir temptinge axiden of hym a tokene fro heuene.
Update Bible Version
And others, trying [him], sought of him a sign from heaven.
Webster's Bible Translation
And others tempting [him], sought from him a sign from heaven.
New English Translation
Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.
New King James Version
Others, testing Him, sought from Him a sign from heaven.
New Living Translation
Others, trying to test Jesus, demanded that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.
New Life Bible
Others tried to trap Jesus. They asked for something special to see from heaven.
New Revised Standard
Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, others, putting him to the test, a sign out of heaven, were seeking from him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven.
Revised Standard Version
while others, to test him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And other tempted him sekinge of him a signe fro heave.
Young's Literal Translation
and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The other tempted him, and desyred a token of him from heauen.
Mace New Testament (1729)
others, to try him, desir'd he would show some miraculous sign in the heaven.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Many folks wanted more proof and more miracles to prove Jesus had come from God.

Contextual Overview

14 And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder. 15 But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits. 16 And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him. 17 But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction. 18 If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul. 19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges. 20 But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you. 21 When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe: 22 But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods. 23 He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 12:38, Matthew 12:39, Matthew 16:1-4, Mark 8:11, Mark 8:12, John 6:30, 1 Corinthians 1:22

Reciprocal: Luke 20:23 - Why Hebrews 12:3 - contradiction

Cross-References

Genesis 10:21
And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.
Genesis 10:25
And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Numbers 24:24
But ships will come from the direction of Kittim, troubling Asshur and troubling Eber, and like the others their fate will be destruction.
1 Chronicles 1:19
And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his days a division was made of the earth; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Luke 3:35
The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And others tempting him,.... Others of the Scribes and Pharisees, or Sadducees: sought of him a sign from heaven;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 12:22-30.


 
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