1 Corinthians 1:22
And whereas the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks look for wisdom, we preach Christ crucified;
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
In Context
23to the Jews indeed a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness; but to them that are called,
Cross References
Matthew 16:1And the pharisees and sadducees came to Him, and captiously asked Him to shew them a sign from heaven.
Luke 11:16and others, to try Him, desired of Him a sign from heaven.
John 2:18The Jews therefore answered and said unto Him, What sign dost thou shew us, seeing thou dost these things?
Acts 17:18But some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him; and some said, What would this babler say? and others, He seemeth to be a proclaimer of foreign deities: because he preached to them 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 →