1 Corinthians 1:22
For othe Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
ἐπειδὴ καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι σημεῖον αἰτοῦσι, καὶ Ἕλληνες σοφίαν ζητοῦσιν·
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Matthew 12:38 ¶Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
Matthew 16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
Luke 11:16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
John 2:18 ¶Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
John 4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
The Jews were not without some true Divine revelation, and owned the true God, and only desired some miraculous operation from Christ, Mat 12:38 Joh 4:48, to confirm them that Christ was sent from God: without signs and wonders they would not believe; giving no credit at all to the words of Christ. And the Greeks, (by whom the apostle understands the Gentiles), especially the more learned part of them, (for Greece was at this time very famous for human literature), they sought after the demonstration of all things from natural causes and rational arguments, and despised every thing which could not so be made out unto them.