ye can discern] Gr. ye know how to discern.
the face] The outward shew of things, whereby one thing may be known from another, is in Scripture called, the face thereof.
can ye not discern] Or, ye cannot discern. Ye do not bend your mindes to it, Luke 12:56. Jeremiah 6:5. and Jeremiah 8:12. 2 Peter 2:9.
the signes of the times] So to discern, as to foresee what is like to fall out, and to dispose accordingly of your affairs. Or, the signes of the seasons: that is, of the choisest times, such as this is, Luke 12:56. the time of the coming of the Messis, whom ye professe you have long looked for, Acts 26:6-7. and of which time the miracles wrought by me are evident signes, being foretold by the prophets, Isaiah 35:4-6. Matthew 11:34. 5.