An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.
The Pharisees and Sadducees, enemies to each other, unite against Christ because His doctrine tears down both their errors and their pride. They demand a sign of their choosing, despising the miracles already given that relieved the sick and sorrowful. They want proof tailored to their vanity, not to truth.
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Commenting on Matthew 16:1-4
He calls them wicked and adulterous because they are hardened, perverse, and incurable, unworthy of His further conversation. So He left them and departed to the ship, crossing to the other side of the sea.
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Verse 4. A wicked and adulterous generation, etc. . Mark adds, that he sighed deeply in spirit, he did not say this without feeling, he was greatly affected with their perverseness and obstinacy, . This account is recorded also in . (d) "prophet Jonas"