1 Corinthians 1:22

For the Jews ask for a sign, and the Greeks seek for wisdom;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

In Context

21For, since in the wisdom of God, the world, by its wisdom, knew not God, it has pleased God, through the foolishness of what is preached, to save those who believe.

23but we preach Christ crucified; to the Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks, foolishness:

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Cross References

Matthew 16:1And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to tempt him, and asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Luke 11:16And others, that they might tempt him, asked of him a sign from heaven.

John 2:18Then answered the Jews and said to him: What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?

Acts 17:18And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him; and some said: What can this babbler possibly wish to say? Others said: He seems to be a proclaimer of strange demons: for he preached to them Jesus and the Resurrection.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

The Efficacy of the Gospel; The Character of the Gospel. ( a. d. 57.) 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the… Read the whole commentary →

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