Matthew 16:2

But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, Fair weather; for the sky is red.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The 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.

In Context

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

3And in the morning, A storm to-day; for the sky is red and lowering. Hypocrites! you know how to judge of the face of the sky; but you can not judge of the signs of the times.

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Cross References

Luke 12:54And he said also to the multitudes: When you see the cloud rising from the west, you immediately say, There comes a shower: and so it is.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:2-5

The Sign of the Prophet Jonas. 1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no… Read the whole commentary →

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