THE REQUEST FOR A SIGN REFUSED (Mark 8:11 *, Luke 11:16; Luke 11:29 f.). For the mention of Sadducees _cf._ Matthew 16:6 *. The saying about the weather (Matthew 16:2_ b,_ Matthew 16:3) is wanting in some good MSS., and is perhaps an interpolation from Luke 12:54 *. The signs of the times are regard... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BLINDNESS OF THE DISCIPLES REBUKED (Mark 8:14 *, Luke 11:53 f., Luke 12:1). Note how Mt avoids the idea that Jesus had forgotten the bread. The Sadducees are mentioned again in 6. The detached saying about leaven in Mark 8:15 probably refers to plots of the Pharisees and Herod, but Mt. (Matthew... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GREAT CONFESSION AND THE FIRST VIEW OF THE CROSS (Mark 8:27 *, Luke 9:18). Omitting the cure of the blind man (but _cf. Matthew 9:27_), Mt. passes to the significant episode of Cæ sarea Philippi. Matthew 16:13 = Mark 8:27, but note the substitution (Matthew 16:13) of Son of Man for I, which give... [ Continue Reading ]