What Does Matthew 16:2 Mean in the King James?
He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Greek pictures the red sky as fire-colored, and that visible fire becomes a forecast of fair weather.
THE MEANING
You read the evening sky as a sign: its fire-red color becomes a forecast of fair weather. What you notice in the world already shapes what you expect next.
THE ROOT
πυρράζει
pyrrazei
GROWS FROM
πῦρ
pyr
Fire; that which burns.
The word translated “red” carries the image of fire: the sky is described as flame-colored. Its color is not just scenery here; it is the visible sign from which the forecast is read.
ALSO GROWS
pyrros: Fiery red; flame-colored.
πυρρός
This related word makes the color’s fire-image explicit: the sky’s hue is read as a sign.
pyr: Fire.
πῦρ
The fire-word at the root gives “red” its vivid image and links the sky’s appearance to the forecast.
THE PATTERN
People turn visible features of the sky into practical expectations.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?THE THREAD
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?Verse 2 shows people reading the sky’s color as evidence about the weather; verse 3 sets that familiar skill beside their failure to discern the signs of the times. Together, the verses make this small forecast a measure of what their discernment can and cannot see.
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