secundum Matthæum 12:56

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Hypocritæ ! faciem cæli et terræ nostis probare : hoc autem tempus quomodo non probatis ?

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Hypocrit�! faciem c�li et terr� nostis probare: hoc autem tempus quomodo non probatis?

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Hypocritae, faciem terrae et caeli nostis probare, hoc autem tempus quomodo nescitis probare?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye can: 1 Chronicles 12:32, Matthew 11:25, Matthew 16:3, Matthew 24:32, Matthew 24:33

that: Luke 19:42-44, Daniel 9:24-26, Haggai 2:7, Malachi 3:1, Malachi 4:2, Acts 3:24-26, Galatians 4:4

Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 8:5 - a wise Matthew 6:2 - as Matthew 7:5 - Thou hypocrite Matthew 16:11 - General Luke 12:1 - which John 14:9 - how

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye hypocrites,.... A word often used of the Scribes and Pharisees, and which suggests, that there were such in company, to whom Christ more especially directs his discourse; and this may be the rather thought, since much the like things are said by him to the Pharisees, with the Sadducees, in Matthew 16:1 and the same appellation is given them there, as here:

ye can discern the face of the sky, and of the earth; from the appearance of the sky, they could tell how it would be with the earth, and the inhabitants of it, whether they should have dry or wet weather, heat or cold:

but how is it that ye do not discern this time? that this is the time of the Messiah's coming, and that it is the accepted time, and day of salvation, if ye receive him, and believe in him; and a time of vengeance, if ye reject him: this might have been discerned by the prophecies of the Old Testament, which fix the characters of the Messiah, and the time of his coming; and describe the manners of the men of that generation, in which he should come: and point out both their happiness and their ruin; as also by the doctrines they heard Christ preach, and especially by the miracles which were wrought by him, it might have been known he was come.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 16:2-3.

South wind - To the south and southwest of Judea were situated Arabia, Egypt, and Ethiopia, all warm or hot regions, and consequently the air that came from those quarters was greatly heated.

How is it that ye do not discern this time! - You see a cloud rise, and predict a shower; a south wind, and expect heat. These are regular events. So you see my miracles; you hear my preaching; you have the predictions of me in the prophets; why do you not, in like manner, infer that “this is the time” when the Messiah should appear?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 12:56. This time? — Can ye not discover from the writings of the prophets, and from the events which now take place, that this is the time of the Messiah, and that I am the very person foretold by them?