Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from you.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
The evangelist is amazed and so writes the word "then." For when they should have submitted to Him because of His preceding miracles, it was then that they asked for a sign. They wanted to see a sign from heaven, as the other evangelist says (Lk. 11:16). For they thought that He performed the miracles which He did on earth by the power of the devil, as the devil is the ruler of this world. How, then, does the Saviour answer?
