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Mark 8:11

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The Demand for a Sign

8:11Then the Pharisees10 came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for11 a sign from heaven12 to test him.

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Footnotes

  1. 10 See the note on Pharisees in .
  2. 11 Grk “seeking from him.” The participle ζητοῦντες (zētountes) shows the means by which the Pharisees argued with Jesus.
  3. 12 What exactly this sign would have been, given what Jesus was already doing, is not clear. But here is where the fence-sitters reside, refusing to commit to him.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, demanding of him a sign from heaven to test him.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had arrived, they came and started to argue with him. Testing him, they demanded that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the Pharisees came and began to argue with him, demanding from him a sign from heaven in order to test him.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.