Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Corinthians 1:22

"Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:" — 1 Corinthians 1:22 (ASV)

For.—This is a further unfolding of the fact of the simplicity of the preaching of the Cross. It pandered neither to Jewish-minded persons (not in the Greek “the Jews”, “the Gentiles”, but simply “Jews”, “Gentiles”) who desired visible signs to support the teaching, nor to those of Greek taste who desired an actual and clear philosophic proof of it. (Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16; John 4:48.)