Reference: Sign
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A token, pledge, or proof, Ge 9:12-13; 17:11; Ex 3:12; Isa 8:18. Also a supernatural portent, Lu 21:11; and a miracle, regarded as a token of the divine agency, Ex 4:7-9; Mr 8:11. The "signs of heaven" were the movements and aspects of the heavenly bodies, from which heathen astrologers pretended to obtain revelations, Isa 44:25; Jer 10:2. See SHIP.
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And God said, "This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations: I will place my rainbow in the clouds, and it will become a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth.
You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.
He replied, "Surely I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you and they will serve God on this mountain."
He said, "Put your hand back into your robe." So he put his hand back into his robe, and when he brought it out from his robe -- there it was, restored like the rest of his skin! "If they do not believe you or pay attention to the former sign, then they may believe the latter sign. read more. And if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to you, then take some water from the Nile and pour it out on the dry ground. The water you take out of the Nile will become blood on the dry ground."
Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the Lord who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,
The Lord says, "Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe.
Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.
There will be great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.
Hastings
Any outward fact which serves as a pledge of a Divine word or a proof of a Divine deed is a sign, whether it be natural or supernatural in its character. The rainbow served as the sign of the Noahic, as the rite of circumcision of the Abrahamic, covenant (Ge 9:12; 17:11 'token,' Ro 4:11). That God was with, and worked for, the Israelites was shown in the plagues of Egypt (Ex 10:2). Gideon asks for and receives a sign that it is Jehovah who speaks with him (Jg 6:17), and Saul also receives signs to confirm the words of Samuel (1Sa 10:7). The prophetic word is thus proved from God (Isa 7:14; 38:7; Jer 44:29; Eze 14:8). The sign need not be supernatural (1Sa 2:34; Isa 8:18; 20:3); but the Jews in the time of Christ desired miracles as proofs of Divine power (Mt 12:38; 16:1; Joh 4:48; 1Co 1:22), a request which Jesus refused and condemned. The message of the Baptist, though not confirmed by any sign, was seen to be true (Joh 10:41). It is Jonah's preaching that is probably referred to when Jesus speaks of him as a sign to his generation (Mt 12:39). The 'babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger,' is the simple and humble sign to the shepherds of the birth of a Saviour, Christ the Lord (Lu 2:12); and He is welcomed by Simeon as 'a sign which is spoken against' (Lu 2:34). The Fourth Gospel frequently describes the miracles of Jesus as signs (Lu 3:2; 4:44), and attributes to them an evidential value which is not prominent in Jesus' own intention. This confirmation of the gospel was found in the Apostolic Church (Mr 16:20; Ac 4:16; 6:3; 8:6,13; 15:12; 2Co 12:12). The last things will be ushered in by extraordinary signs (Mt 24:30; Lu 21:25; 2Th 2:9
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And God said, "This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations:
You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.
and in order that in the hearing of your son and your grandson you may tell how I made fools of the Egyptians and about my signs that I displayed among them, so that you may know that I am the Lord."
Gideon said to him, "If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.
This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!
"When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you.
For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel.
Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the Lord who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
Later the Lord explained, "In the same way that my servant Isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years, as an object lesson and omen pertaining to Egypt and Cush,
Isaiah replied, "This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said:
Moreover the Lord says, 'I will make something happen to prove that I will punish you in this place. I will do it so that you will know that my threats to bring disaster on you will prove true.
I will set my face against that person and will make him an object lesson and a byword and will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you." But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]
This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger."
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.
So Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!"
So Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!"
Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted.
Many came to him and began to say, "John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!"
saying, "What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.
But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task.
The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.
Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.
The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom,
but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him --
Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.
He performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of people
Watsons
SIGN. This word is used in the sense of token and pledge; as, when the Lord gave to Noah the rainbow, as a sign of his covenant, Ge 9:12-13; and when he appointed to Abraham the use of circumcision, as the seal of the covenant he had made with him and his posterity, Ge 17:11. Sign is also put for a miracle: "Thou shalt do these signs and wonders in the midst of Egypt," Ex 4:7-9, &c. A sign or token is often put for the proof or evidence of a thing: For example, "This shall be a token or sign unto thee, that I have sent thee," Ex 3:12.
Shew me a sign, that thou talkest with me, Jg 6:17, that is a proof. "What shall be the sign," or evidence, "that the Lord will heal me?" 2Ki 20:8. This acceptation agrees with the first above mentioned; as also what is said in Ge 4:15, "And the Lord set a mark or sign upon Cain;" he gave him a pledge that his life should not be taken away. The signs of heaven, and the signs of the magicians, are the phenomena of the heavens, and the impostures of magicians, which they made use of for the purposes of deception: "The Lord frustrateth the tokens or signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad," Isa 44:25. "Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven, for the Heathen are dismayed at them," Jer 10:2. To be a sign was farther to be a type, or prediction, of what should happen. Thus the Prophet Isa 8:18, "Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel." See also Eze 4:3.
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But the Lord said to him, "All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much." Then the Lord put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.
And God said, "This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations: I will place my rainbow in the clouds, and it will become a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth.
You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.
He replied, "Surely I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you and they will serve God on this mountain."
He said, "Put your hand back into your robe." So he put his hand back into his robe, and when he brought it out from his robe -- there it was, restored like the rest of his skin! "If they do not believe you or pay attention to the former sign, then they may believe the latter sign. read more. And if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to you, then take some water from the Nile and pour it out on the dry ground. The water you take out of the Nile will become blood on the dry ground."
Gideon said to him, "If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.
Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, "What is the confirming sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the Lord's temple the day after tomorrow?"
Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the Lord who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,
The Lord says, "Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe.
Then for your part take an iron frying pan and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.