1 Corinthians 1:22
since even Jews ask for signs, and the Greeks seek for wisdom;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
In Context
23but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling-block, and to gentiles foolishness,
Cross References
Matthew 16:1And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to try him, and asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Luke 11:16and others, to make trial of him, asked of him a sign from heaven.
John 2:18The Jews therefore answered and said to him, What sign dost thou show us, seeing thou doest these things?
Acts 17:18And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, What doth this babbler mean to say? and others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of foreign gods; because he brought the glad tidings of 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 →