1 Corinthians 1:22
and upon-beheld[conjunction] Judeans are-giving-cause/requesting [a] sign and Greeks are-seeking wisdom.
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
In The King James Version
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 16:1and, come[ing]-toward, the Pharisees and Sadducees, trial-izing, ask-upon same to-show-upon [a] sign out of{the heaven} to{same}.
Luke 11:16Moreover, different-others, trial-izing, have-been-seeking [a] sign out of{heaven} beside of{same}.
John 2:18So, the Judeans respond and say to{same}, "What[?] sign you-are-showing to{us} that you-are-doing the-same[?]"
Acts 17:18On-the-other-hand, some also of{the Epicureans and Stoic friends-of-wisdom[translit. "philosophers"]} have-been-casting-together to{same} and some have-been-saying, "What[?] supposing the sow-effect-word-ical, the-same, might-be-will-ing to-be-saying[?]" Moreover, the[plural], "Of{foreign demons} [the] aside-messenger is-esteeming to-be-being," that he-has-been-good-message-izing the Jesus and the stand-up/anew-sis[i.e. state of resurrection] to{same[plural]}.
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 →