1 Kings 18:44-45

18:44 The seventh time the servant said, “Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah then said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’” 18:45 Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel.

Matthew 16:2-4

16:2 He said, “When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,’ 16:3 and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times. 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.


tn Heb “he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “so that the rain won’t restrain you.”

tn Heb “rode and went to.”

tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.” The construction has been simplified in the translation and δέ (de) has not been translated.

tn Or “red and gloomy” (L&N 14.56).

tn Grk “The face of the sky you know how to discern.”

tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.