# General Information: Jesus begins to speak to the crowd. # When you see a cloud rising ... happens This condition normally meant rain was coming in Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) # A shower is coming "Rain is coming" or "It is going to rain" # When a south wind is blowing This condition normally meant hot weather was coming in Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) # the earth and the heavens "the earth and the sky" # how is it that you do not know how to interpret the present time? Jesus uses a question to rebuke the crowd. Jesus uses this question to convict them. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "you should know how to interpret the present time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])