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Two Worldly Demands
Commentators explain that Paul contrasts two dominant worldviews. The Jews, with a history of God's miraculous interventions, demanded supernatural "signs" as the ultimate proof of divine action. The Greeks, who prized philosophy and logic, sought intellectually satisfying "wisdom." Both groups expected God to operate according to their own cultural and intellectual standards.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 1:22
18th Century
Theologian
For the Jews require a sign—that is, a miracle, a prodigy, an evidence of Divine interposition. This was the characteristic of the Jewish …
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 1:22
Seeing that (επειδη). Resumes from verse 21. The structure is not clear, but probably verses 23,24 form a sort of conclusion or ap…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 1:22
19th Century
Bishop
For.—This is a further unfolding of the fact of the simplicity of the preaching of the Cross. It pandered neither to Jewish-minded…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 1:22–24
19th Century
Preacher
And the Greeks seek after wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto the…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 1:22
To Paul, in God’s all-wise purpose human beings with all their philosophical and religious wisdom and searching “did not come to know God.” This is…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 1:22
16th Century
Theologian
For the Jews require a sign. This is explanatory of the preceding statement—showing in what respects the preaching of the gospel is co…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 1:22
17th Century
Pastor
For the Jews require a sign
The Jews has always been used to miracles, in confirmation of the mission of the prophet…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 1:17–25
17th Century
Minister
Paul had been educated in Jewish learning; but the plain preaching of a crucified Jesus was more powerful than all the oratory and philosophy of th…