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Complete Jewish Bible

Matthew 16:2

But his response was, "When it is evening, you say, ‘Fair weather ahead,' because the sky is red;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Pharisees;   Reproof;   Weather;   Thompson Chain Reference - Meteorology;   Sky;   Weather;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Evening, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - North;   Sadducees;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Signs;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sadducees;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pharisees;   Sadducees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Colors;   Face;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Colours;   Parable;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Appreciation (of Christ);   Beauty;   Discourse;   Fig-Tree ;   Heaven ;   Husbandman ;   Manliness;   Mental Characteristics;   Nineveh, Ninevites;   Premeditation;   Science (2);   Sign ;   Sky;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Color;   Fair;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Sky;   Weather;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He replied, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be good weather because the sky is red.’
King James Version (1611)
He answered, and said vnto them, When it is euening, yee say, It will bee faire weather: for the skie is red.
King James Version
He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
English Standard Version
He answered 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.'
New Century Version
Jesus answered, "At sunset you say we will have good weather, because 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.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
But he answered, and said vnto them, When it is euening, ye say, Faire wether: for ye skie is red.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But He replied 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.'
Berean Standard Bible
But He replied, "When evening comes, you say, 'The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,'
Contemporary English Version
He told them: If the sky is red in the evening, you say the weather will be good.
Darby Translation
But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "When you people see the sunset, you know what the weather will be. If the sky is red, you say we will have good weather.
George Lamsa Translation
But he answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It is clear, for 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.'
Lexham English Bible
So he answered and said to them, "When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather because the sky is red,'
Literal Translation
But answering, He said to them, Evening coming on, you say, Clear sky, for 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.
Bible in Basic English
But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red.
Hebrew Names Version
But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
International Standard Version
He replied to them, "You say, 'Red sky at night, what a delight!
Etheridge Translation
3But he answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be serene weather, for the heaven hath reddened.
Murdock Translation
But he answered, and said to them: When it is evening ye say, It will be fair weather; for the heavens are red.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He aunswered & sayde vnto them: when it is euenyng, ye say, [it wyll be] fayre weather: for the sky is redde.
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.
World English Bible
But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He answering said to them, In the evening ye say, It will be fair weather; for the sky is red:
Weymouth's New Testament
He replied, "In the evening you say, `It will be fine weather, for the sky is red;'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he answeride, and seide to hem, Whanne the euentid is comun, ye seien, It schal be clere, for heuene is rodi;
Update Bible Version
But he answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, [It will be] fair weather: for the heaven 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.
New English Translation
He said, "When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, because 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 Living Translation
He replied, "You know the saying, ‘Red sky at night means fair weather tomorrow;
New Life Bible
(*He said to them, "In the evening you say, ‘The weather will be good tomorrow because the sky is red.'
New Revised Standard
He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, he, answering said unto them -
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.
Revised Standard Version
He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.'
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
He answered and sayde vnto the. At even ye saye we shall have fayre wedder and yt because ye skye is reed:
Young's Literal Translation
and he answering said to them, `Evening having come, ye say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But he answered, & sayde: At eue ye saye: It wil be fayre wedder. for ye sskye is reed.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but he answered them, in the evening you foretel fair weather: when the sky is of a bright red.
Simplified Cowboy Version
He told 'em, "If the sky is red in the evening, you would say the weather will be good.

Contextual Overview

1 Then some P'rushim and Tz'dukim came to trap Yeshua by asking him to show them a miraculous sign from Heaven. 2 But his response was, "When it is evening, you say, ‘Fair weather ahead,' because the sky is red; 3 and in the morning you say, ‘Storm today!' because the sky is red and overcast. You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can't read the signs of the times! 4 A wicked and adulterous generation is asking for a sign? It will certainly not be given a sign — except the sign of Yonah!" With that he left them and went off.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

When: Luke 12:54-56

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:14 - and let Daniel 3:18 - be it

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The man replied, "The woman you gave to be with me — she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate."
Genesis 3:17
To Adam he said, "Because you listened to what your wife said and ate from the tree about which I gave you the order, ‘You are not to eat from it,' the ground is cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live.
Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Avram's wife had not borne him a child. But she had an Egyptian slave-girl named Hagar;
Genesis 16:2
so Sarai said to Avram, "Here now, Adonai has kept me from having children; so go in and sleep with my slave-girl. Maybe I'll be able to have children through her." Avram listened to what Sarai said.
Genesis 16:4
Avram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she conceived. But when she became aware that she was pregnant, she looked on her mistress with contempt.
Genesis 16:6
However, Avram answered Sarai, "Look, she's your slave-girl. Deal with her as you think fit." Then Sarai treated her so harshly that she ran away from her.
Genesis 16:9
The angel of Adonai said to her, "Go back to your mistress, and submit to her authority."
Genesis 16:10
The angel of Adonai said to her, "I will greatly increase your descendants; there will be so many that it will be impossible to count them."
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her; moreover, I will give you a son by her. Truly I will bless her: she will be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."
Genesis 18:10
He said, "I will certainly return to you around this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard him from the entrance of the tent, behind him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He answered and said unto them,.... Knowing full well their views, and having wrought sufficient miracles to confirm his Messiahship, he thought fit to give them no other answer than this:

when it is evening, ye say, it will be fair weather, for the sky is red; when the sun is setting, it is a common thing for you to say, looking up to the heavens, and observing the face and colour of them, that it is like to be fair weather; no rain, that night, nor perhaps the next day, for the sky is red like fire, through the rays of the sun; which show the clouds to be very thin, and so will soon waste away, and consequently fine weather must follow.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 the Messiah, that his miracles would not all be confined to the earth, but that he was able to give some signal miracle from heaven. Samuel had caused it to thunder 1 Samuel 12:16-18; Isaiah had caused the shadow to go back ten degrees on the dial of Ahaz Isaiah 38:8; and Moses had sent manna from heaven, Exodus 16:4; John 6:31. It is proper to say, that though Christ did not choose then to show such wonders, yet far more stupendous signs from heaven than these were exhibited at his death.

Matthew 16:2, Matthew 16:3

He answered ... - The meaning of this answer is, There are certain indications by which you judge about the weather.

In the evening you think you can predict the weather tomorrow. You have evidence in the redness of the sky by which you judge. So there are sufficient indications on which you should judge concerning me and these times. My miracles, and the state of affairs in Judea, are an indication by which you should judge.

Is red - Almost all nations have observed this as an indication of fair weather.

In the morning ...the sky is red and lowering - That is, there are threatening clouds in the sky, which are made red by the rays of the rising sun. This, in Judea, was a sign of a tempest. In other places, however, the signs of a storm may be different.

The face of the sky - The appearance of the sky.

Matthew 16:4

A wicked and adulterous generation ... - See the notes at Matthew 12:38-40. Mark adds Mark 8:12 that he signed deeply in spirit. He did not say this without feeling; he was greatly affected with their perverseness and obstinacy.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 16:2. When it is evening — There are certain signs of fair and foul weather, which ye are in the constant habit of observing, and which do not fail. - The signs of the times: the doctrine which I preach, and the miracles which I work among you, are as sure signs that the day-spring from on high has visited you for your salvation; but if ye refute to hear, and continue in darkness, the red and gloomy cloud of vindictive justice shall pour out such a storm of wrath upon you as shalt sweep you from the face of the earth.


 
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