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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?
Matthew 16:3 — KJV
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Matthew 16:3
King James Version (KJV)
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Matthew 16:3
Verse 3 of 28
Commentary
Commentary on Matthew 16:3
Theological / DevotionalFoul weather to day. Literally, “today, a storm.”
Lowring. Gr. stugnazo, “to appear gloomy,” or “to look sad” (see Mark 10:22). Here stugnazo means “overcast,” or perhaps “threatening.”
O ye hypocrites. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 146) the omission of these words. There is, of course, no doubt that these Pharisees and Sadducees were hypocrites (see ch. 23:13-29; etc.; cf. DA 409).
Discern. Gr. diakrind, “to discriminate,” “to separate,” or “to make a distinction.”
Signs of the times. See v. 2; p. 208. The very attitude of the Pharisees and Sadducees was in itself a “sign” of the “times,” a token of the “foul weather” in the Jewish climate of opinion concerning the Messiah.
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