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Request for a Sign

Data

(1a) 2Q: Luke 11:29-30 = Matt 12:38-40
(1b) Matt 16:4a
(1c) GNaz. 11
(2) Mark 8:11-13 = Matt 16:1,4b = Luke 11:16

 

Texts

(1a) 2Q: Luke 11:29-30

11:29 When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 11:30 For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation. 11:31 The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here! 11:32 The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here!

= Matt 12:38-40
12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you." 12:39 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. 12:40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.

(1b) Matt 16:4a

16:4 An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah."

(1c) GNaz 11

The Jewish Gospel does not have: three d[ays and nights].
(Variant to Matthew 12:40 in the Zion Gospel Edition) [Sayings Parallels]

(2) Mark 8:11-13

8:11 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him. 8:12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, "Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation." 8:13 And he left them, and getting into the boat again, he went across to the other side.

= Matt 16:1-4b
16:1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 16:2 He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' 16:3 And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. 16:4 An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away.

= Luke 11:16
11:16 Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven.

 

Notes

John Dominic Crossan

Item: 122
Stratum: I (30-60 CE)
Attestation: Double
Historicity: -
Common Sayings Tradition: No

 
 

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