Matius 16:1

The Demand for a Sign

16:1 Now when the Pharisees ¹  and Sadducees ²  came to test Jesus, ³  they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ⁴ 

Matius 22:23

Marriage and the Resurrection

22:23 The same day Sadducees ⁵  (who say there is no resurrection) ⁶  came to him and asked him, ⁷ 

Matius 22:46

22:46 No one ⁸  was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.

[16:1]  ¹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[16:1]  ² sn See the note on Sadducees in 3:7.

[16:1]  ³ tn The object of the participle πειράζοντες (peirazontes) is not given in the Greek text but has been supplied here for clarity.

[16:1]  ⁴ sn What exactly this sign would have been, given what Jesus was already doing, is not clear. But here is where the fence-sitters reside, refusing to commit to him.

[22:23]  ⁵ sn See the note on Sadducees in 3:7.

[22:23]  ⁶ sn This remark is best regarded as a parenthetical note by the author.

[22:23]  ⁷ tn Grk “and asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[22:46]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.