Question: Fill in the blank with a name: “An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall be no sign be given it but the sign of the prophet _____.”
Answer: Jonah. (Matthew 12:39)
Comments: When some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked for a miracle to substantiate Jesus' identity, he responded that no sign would be given save for the sign of Jonah. He added that as Jonah emerged from the depths of the belly of a fish after three days, so would he resurface from the heart of the earth.
But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;" (Matthew 12:39, NASB)
Jesus is asserting that despite the fact that his accusers had rejected every sign to date, they would have another opportunity in the form of His death and resurrection.
Note: This would cut of "The Jews ask for a sign from Jesus" was created in 1593.
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