Verse 4. A wicked and adulterous generation, etc. See Barnes "Mt 12:38-40".

Mark adds, Mr 8:12 that he sighed deeply in spirit, he did not say this without feeling, he was greatly affected with their perverseness and obstinacy, Mt 16:6-12. This account is recorded also in Mr 8:14-21.

{d} "prophet Jonas" Jon 1:17