Isaiah 38:7-8
7“This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has promised: 8 aBehold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined. ▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
Matthew 16:1-4
The Pharisees and Sadducees Demand Signs
1 cAnd the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and dto test him ethey asked him to show them fa sign from heaven. 2He answered them, ▼▼Some manuscripts omit the following words to the end of verse 3
h“When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ iYou know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret jthe signs of the times. 4 kAn evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So lhe left them and departed. Mark 8:11-12
The Pharisees Demand a Sign
11 mThe Pharisees came and began to argue with him, nseeking from him oa sign from heaven pto test him. 12And qhe sighed deeply rin his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”Luke 11:29-30
The Sign of Jonah
29 sWhen the crowds were increasing, he began to say, t“This generation is an evil generation. uIt seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30For as vJonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
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