Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Matthew 16:12
συνῆκαν. See note on ἀσύνετοι, ch. Matthew 15:16.
συνῆκαν. See note on ἀσύνετοι, ch. Matthew 15:16.
MATTHEW 16:12 tw/n a;rtwn {C} In view of the use of the expression “the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees” in verses Matthew 16:6 and...
The account in these verses is also recorded in Mark 8:13. Matthew 16:5 AND WHEN HIS DISCIPLES WERE COME TO THE OTHER SIDE - That is, to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. Mark says that he enter...
4. THE GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE REJECTED KING CONCERNING HIMSELF. CHAPTER 16 1. Pharisees and Sadducees Asking a Sign. (Matthew 16:1 .) 2. Instructions Concerning the Leaven. (Matthew 16:5 .) 3. P...
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 say...
BLIND TO THE SIGNS (Matthew 16:1-4)...
When the disciples came to the other side, they had forgotten to take loaves with them. Jesus said to them, "See that you beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." They argued amongst them...
DOCTRINE. teaching. This was the word which the Lord had been _implying_ in Matthew 16:6, using the Figure of speech _Hypocatastasis._ App-6. The woman of Canaan saw what was _implied_ in the word "do...
The Leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees Mark 8:14-21, where the rebuke of Christ is given more at length in stirring language; and Luke 12:1, where the context is different....
_Then understood they_ The Greek word and its derivative is used specially of spiritual intelligence....
Ver 5. And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6. Then Jesus said unto them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." 7...
_THE DANGER OF FALSE DOCTRINE MATTHEW 16:1-12:_ The Pharisees and Sadducees were seeking a sign from heaven. Hatred for Jesus had brought together this strange coalition. There were the Pharisees that...
ΣΥΝΉΚΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΊΗΜΙ (G4920) осознавать, понимать и оценивать (LN, 1:380, 383)....
Section 40 JESUS WARNS DISCIPLES AGAINST INFLUENCE OF POPULAR LEADERS AND PARTIES (Parallel: Mark 8:13-26) TEXT: 16:5-12 5 And the disciples came to the other side and forgot to take bread. 6 And Je...
_THE PHARISEES ALSO WITH THE SADDUCEES CAME, AND TEMPTING DESIRED HIM THAT HE WOULD SHEW THEM A SIGN FROM HEAVEN._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
6 Leaven stands for corrupt doctrine (12). Our Lord was concerned that the disciples should not be tainted by digesting the teaching of His enemies. But all that they were concerned about was the poss...
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THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES (Mark 8:14). But the narratives are independent. This incident could only be derived from an eyewitness and an apostle. The discreditable light in which it pl...
ST. PETER'S GREAT CONFESSION 1-4. A sign from heaven demanded (Mark 8:11 cp. Luke 11:16 : see on Matthew 12:38)....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 16 THE *JEWISH LEADERS ASK FOR A *MIRACLE 16:1-4 V1 Some *Pharisees and some *Sadducees came to Jesus. They wanted to test him. So th...
THE DOCTRINE OF THE PHARISEES AND OF THE SADDUCEES. — Better, _teaching;_ not so much the formulated dogmas of the sect as its general drift and tendency. The leaven was (as expressly stated in Luke 1...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
συνῆκαν, they now understood, at least to the extent of seeing that it was a question not of loaves but of something spiritual. One could wish that they had understood that from the first, and that th...
The one important thing in this section is the reflection of Jesus on what had just taken place. The historical setting is not clear. Jesus left the sign seekers after giving them their answer. The di...
_Demand for a sign_ (Mark 8:11-21)....
BEWARE OF EVIL INFLUENCES Matthew 16:1-12 The signs of the times in our own day are much as they were in that. Still men are lovers of pleasure rather than of God. Still they who will live a godly li...
What a very wonderful fact in the life and ministry of Jesus is His power of suppressing the marvelous powers He possessed. He never used them save in divine wisdom and love. How easily He could have...
PHARISAIC LEAVEN Matthew 16:4-12; Mark 8:13-21. _“Leaving them, embarking again in a ship, He departed to the other side.”_ This voyage was from Magdala, on the northwest coast, over to the region of...
"And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. (6) Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. (7) And...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
12._Then they understood. _The word _leaven _is very evidently used by Christ as contrasted with the pure and uncorrupted word of God. In a former passage, (Matthew 13:33,) Christ had used the word in...
Chapter 16 goes farther than the revelation of the simple grace of God. Jesus reveals what was about to be formed in the counsels of that grace, where He was owned, shewing the rejection of the proud...
THEN UNDERSTOOD THEY,.... Without any further explication of his sense and meaning, HOW THAT HE BADE THEM NOT BEWARE OF THE LEAVEN OF BREAD: which sense they first took him in; imagining, because the...
Then understood they how that he bade _them_ not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Ver. 12. _Then understood they how, &c._] This chiding then...
_When his disciples were come to the other side_ Namely, of the sea of Tiberias, see Mark 8:13; _they had forgotten to take bread_ They had tarried so long in Dalmanutha, or Magdala, that they had con...
The reproof and explanation:...
THEN UNDERSTOOD THEY HOW THAT HE BADE THEM NOT BEWARE OF THE LEAVEN OF BREAD, BUT OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE PHARISEES AND OF THE SADDUCEES. Jesus could not help but notice their lack of understanding. Ev...
The enmity against the true Messiah increases now to the point of Pharisee's and Sadducee's (usually hostile to each other) conspiring together to tempt Him, in an effort to trap Him in some way. Both...
5-12 Christ speaks of spiritual things under a similitude, and the disciples misunderstand him of carnal things. He took it ill that they should think him as thoughtful about bread as they were; that...
Ver. 8-12. Mark, giving us an account of this passage, MARK 8:17, useth some harsher expressions: And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Perceive ye not y...
Matthew 16:12 Then G5119 understood G4920 (G5656) that G3754 not G3756 tell G2036 (G5627) beware G4337 ...
‘Then they understood that he bade them not to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” So the truth finally dawned on them that He was not warning them aga...
THE FAILURE OF THE DISCIPLES TO TAKE KOSHER BREAD WITH THEM WHEN GOING TO GENTILE TERRITORY RAISES THE QUESTION OF ‘THE LEAVEN OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES' (16:5-12). Arriving back ‘on the other side...
Matthew 16:12. BUT BEWARE. This is the correct reading. THE TEACHING OF THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES. Comp. Luke 12:1. The leaven of the Pharisees is ‘hypocrisy.' But the Sadducees, the ‘liberal Jews'...
In consequence of the opposition of Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem (chap. Matthew 15:1; Matthew 15:21), our Lord had withdrawn to heathen and unfrequented regions. On His return, He lands at a r...
THEN UNDERSTOOD THEY (τοτε συνηκαν). First aorist active indicative of συνιημ, to grasp, to comprehend. They saw the point after this elaborate rebuke and explanation that by "leaven" Jesus meant ...
CONTENTS: Jesus' rebuke of blind Pharisees. The symbol of leaven interpreted. Peter's confession of the deity of Jesus. Jesus foretells His death and resurrection. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter, Sata...
Matthew 16:1. _The pharisees also with the sadducees came,_ soliciting _a sign from heaven: Matthew 12:38_. This was the second time, and they received the appellation of hypocrites, as professing the...
THEN THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD. He made it so plain they could not misunderstand. He was warning them against false teaching....
_Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees._ THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES AND OF THE SADDUCEES I. The leaven of the Pharisees. The most numerous and popular sect among...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 16:6 In contrast to Matthew 13:33, here LEAVEN is a negative metaphor. It indicates how corruption can ruin what is good....
JESUS WARNS AGAINST WRONG TEACHING MATTHEW 16:5-12; MARK 8:14-21; MATTHEW 16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread....
1-28 CHAPTER 16 _And there came unto Him Pharisees_, &c. They had previously asked for a sign (Matthew 12:38). But here again they asked for one because of the miracle of the multiplication of the lo...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 16:9. BASKETS.—See notes on Matthew 14:20, Matthew 15:37. Matthew 16:12. DOCTRINE.—Tea
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 16:1 _The Pharisees and Sadducees desire a sign. _(Mark 8:11.) MATTHEW 16:1 THE PHARISEES ALSO WITH the Saddueees;
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came [And now they are seeking to trap Him], and they desire that he would show them a sign from heaven. And he answered and said unto them: When it is evening, y...
Acts 23:8; Matthew 15:4; Matthew 23:13...