Mat 12:38. Ἀπεκρίθησαν, κ.τ.λ., answered, etc.) As though they would not otherwise believe the words which they had just heard.-θέλομεν, we wish) Why do we wish? Because it so pleases us. They thus deny the signs which our Lord had already performed.-ἀπὸ σοῦ, from Thee) i.e. from Thee Thyself, as in ch. Mat 16:1-ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, from heaven.