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

Jesus looked around at them in anger, deeply hurt because of their hard hearts. Then he told the man, "Hold out your hand." The man held it out, and his hand was restored to health.

Then he looked up to heaven, sighed, and told him, "Ephphatha," that is, "Be opened!"

Jesus told them, "You unbelieving generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me!"

"He was despised and rejected by others, and a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and we despised him and did not value him.

When he came closer and saw the city, he began to grieve over it:

When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was greatly troubled in spirit and deeply moved.

Why

He was amazed at their unbelief. Then he went around to the villages and continued teaching.

"Abraham said, "They have Moses and the Prophets. They should listen to them!'

They said, "If you are the Messiah, tell us."

Although he had performed numerous signs in their presence, they did not believe in him,

There

But he replied to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign. Yet no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah,

You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you can't interpret the signs of the times? An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

Now as the crowds continued to throng around Jesus, he went on to say, "This people living today are an evil generation. It craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah,

General references

Others, wanting to test Jesus, kept asking him for a sign from heaven.