Mark 8:11

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Summary

Mark 8:11

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

Pharisees

Seeking

1 Corinthians 1:22

General references

Luke 11:16

Bible References

Pharisees

When the Teachers of the Law belonging to the party of the Pharisees saw that he was eating in the company of such people, they said to his disciples: "He is eating in the company of tax- gatherers and outcasts!"

One day the Pharisees and some of the Teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus.

At this point, some Teachers of the Law and Pharisees interposed. "Teacher," they said, " we want to see some sign from you."

Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and, to test Jesus, requested him to show them some sign from the heavens.

Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said: "Has a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?"

After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the Chief Priests and the Councillors of the Nation came up to him as he was teaching, and said: " What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

Then the Pharisees went away and conferred together as to how they might lay a snare for Jesus in the course of conversation.

When Jesus left the house, the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to press him hard and question him closely upon many subjects,

"Have any of our leading men believed in him, or any of the Pharisees?

Seeking

While others, to test him, asked him for some sign from the heavens.

And to the people Jesus said: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once 'There is a storm coming,' and come it does.

Jesus answered: "Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe."

"What sign, then," they asked, "are you giving, which we may see, and so believe you? What is the work that you are doing?

While Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks study philosophy,

General references

While others, to test him, asked him for some sign from the heavens.