A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
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Gill's Exposition
A wicked and adulterous generation,.... He says the same things here, as he did to the Pharisees on a like occasion, in Mat 12:39.
And he left them; as persons hardened, perverse, and incurable, and…
See also Mar 8:11-12. The Pharisees also, and the Sadducees - See the notes at Mat 3:7. Tempting - That is, trying him - feigning a desire to see evidence that he was the Messiah, but with a real…
We have here Christ's discourse with the Pharisees and Sadducees, men at variance among themselves, as appears Act 23:7, Act 23:8, and yet unanimous in their opposition to Christ; because his doctrine…
Cambridge Bible
adulterous See ch. Mat 12:39.
the sign of the prophet Jonas See ch. Mat 12:39-41. The words in Mar 8:12 are "there shall no sign be given unto this generation," i. e. no such sign as they demanded.
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