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 26:58

26:58 But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After ⁵  going in, he sat with the guards ⁶  to see the outcome.

[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.

[26:58]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[26:58]  ⁶ sn The guards would have been the guards of the chief priests who had accompanied Judas to arrest Jesus.