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Luke 11:16 KJV
Luke · chapter 11 · verse 16
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.Luke 11:16 · King James Version
Luke 11:16 in context
14And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
15But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
16And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
17But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
18If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- temptingpeirazōto try whether a thing can be done, to attempt, endeavour, to try, make trial of, test…G3985 →
- othersheterosthe other, another, other, to number, to number as opposed to some former person or…G2087 →
- soughtzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
- signsēmeiona sign, mark, token, that by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others and…G4592 →
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The substance of these verses we had in Mat 12:22, etc. Christ is here giving a general proof of his divine mission, by a particular proof of his power over Satan, his conquest of whom was an indication of his great design in coming into the world, which was, to destroy the works of the devil.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-26