The Sign of the Messiah: Difference between revisions

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    :''An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign;'' (Matthew 12:39)  
    :''An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign;'' (Matthew 12:39)  


    :''This is an evil generation: they seek a sign;'' (Luke 11:29-30)  
    :''This is an evil generation: they seek a sign;'' (Luke 11:29)  


    :''A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign'' (Matthew 16:1,4)
    :''A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign'' (Matthew 16:4)


    :''And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign?'' (Mark 8:11-12)
    :''And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign?'' (Mark 8:12)
     
    The Samaritan woman who met Jesus at the well ran into town yelling "Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" (John 4:29).  While this woman was actively looking for a sign that the Messiah had come, she was part of an adulterous generation. 


    The Samaritan woman who met Jesus at the well ran into town yelling "Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" (John 4:29).  While this woman was actively looking for a sign that the Messiah had come, she was part of an adulterous generation.


    ==What sign did Jesus promise?==
    ==What sign did Jesus promise?==