Mark 8:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

He sighed

Why

There

Matthew 12:39

Matthew 16:4

Luke 11:29

General references

Luke 11:16

Bible References

He sighed

After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”

And He *answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!”

He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,

When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and

was troubled,

Why

And He wondered at their unbelief.

And He was going around the villages teaching.

But Abraham *said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’

“If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe;

But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.

There

But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah.”

And He left them and went away.

As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

General references

Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.