Nothing is more contemptuous than religious infidelity and hypocrisy. The scriptures tell us here that “He sighed deeply in his Spirit.” Here is the God of glory sighing, sighing deeply in his spirit, groaning as one in painful vexation of soul. Then he said, “Why doth this generation seek after a sign??” That generation so unworthy to have the gospel brought to it wanted a sign! That generation that so greedily swallowed the traditions of the elders, without the conformation of any sign at all, wanted a sign! That generation, which by the calculation of the times set and revealed in the Old Testament, might easily have perceived that the time of the Messiah had come wanted a sign. That generation, which had seen such great wonders and miracles, as were given to none before or since wanted a sign! What an absurdity! But religious men, without life before God are always absurd beyond imagination in their objections to divine revelation. God has spoken in his Word. It is the hight of presumption to demand signs and proof from the Almighty. Don Fortner