Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
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Gill's Exposition
When thou goest with thine adversary,.... The creditor, as the Persic version, and who is the prosecutor, that has commenced a suit of law against another, in order to obtain his right: for Christ is…
See the notes at Mat 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…
Adam Clarke
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?
Having given his disciples their lesson in the foregoing verses, here Christ turns to the people, and gives them theirs, Luk 12:54. He said also to the people: he preached ad populum - to the people,…
Cambridge Bible
Ye hypocrites The insincerity consisted in the fact that though the signs of the Kingdom were equally plain they wouldnot see them, and pretended not to see them. The Prophets had long ago pointed…
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