1 Corinthians 1:22
For the Jihudoyee demand signs, and the Aramoyee require wisdom;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
In Context
23but we preach the Meshiha crucified, a scandal to the Jihudoyee, and to the Aramoyee foolishness;
Cross References
Matthew 16:1And there came Pharishee and Zadukoyee, tempting him, and demanding that he would show them a sign from heaven.
Luke 11:16while others, tempting him, the sign from heaven demanded of him.
John 2:18The Jihudoyee answered and said to him, What sign showest thou to us, as these things thou doest?
Acts 17:18and the philosophers also who were of the doctrine of Epikuros, and others who were called Estoiku, disputed with him. And some of them said, What willeth this accumulator of words? And others said, He preaches foreign gods; because Jeshu and his resurrection he preached unto them.
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 →