Matthew 16:2
But he answered, and said to them: When it is evening ye say, It will be fair weather; for the heavens are red.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
1And Pharisees and Sadducees came near, tempting him, and asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
Cross References
Luke 12:54And he said to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising out of the west, ye at once say: Rain is coming; and it is so.
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 →