And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
These men are hypocrites, asking what they have no real intention to receive. Men show remarkable ingenuity for earthly gain, yet exhibit willful blindness to God's signs calling them to salvation. That Christ and the Prophets were plainly set before them, with miracles added, makes their indifference not honest caution but shameful sloth.
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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
You hypocrites read the sky's face plainly enough, yet refuse to see the signs of the Messiah's times scattered before you: Daniel's weeks ending, the scepter departing Judah, miracles without precedent, crowds gathering to Christ and John. Willful blindness dressed as scholarship.
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