“ And he said unto them,How is it that ye do not understand? ”
See this passage explained in Matthew 16:1-12 . Mark 8:12 Sighed deeply in his spirit - His heart was deeply affected at their wickedness and hypocrisy. The word “spirit” here is taken as...
And he said unto them, (c) How is it that ye do not understand? (c) How does it come to pass that you do not understand these things which are so plain and evident.
The Blindness of the Disciples Rebuked. This is a difficult paragraph. Mark 8:15 contains a genuine utterance of Jesus which does not necessarily belong to its present context. Lk. gives it in an...
How is it . P Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6). See notes on verses: Mark 8:12 ; Mark 8:17 .
And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? - `do not understand that the warning I gave you could not have been pr...
Feeding the Four Thousand. The Sign from Heaven. Healing of a Blind Man. Confession of Peter 1-10. Feeding the four thousand ( Matthew 15:32 ). See on Mt.
CHAPTER 8:11-21 ( Mark 8:11-21 ) THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES "And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with Him, seeking of Him a sign from heaven, tempting Him. And He sighed deeply i...
the Demand for Signs Rebuked Mark 8:1-21 Notice the Master's tender considerateness, Mark 8:1-9 . He would not have the people faint on their way home. There are distinct differences between t...
This was the second miracle of feeding. Our Lord knew whence these people came, and was solicitous for them on their long journey home if they departed without food. The miracle was the result. The...
(13) And he left them, and entering into the ship again, departed to the other side. (14) Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. (...
And he said unto them ,.... Since this was the case, and they so well remembered the miracles he had wrought, and the circumstances of them: how is it that ye do not understand ? my words concerni...
And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? Ver. 21. How is it that ye do not understand? ] It is very ill taken when we improve not experiments. Of all things God can least abide...
The disciples had forgotten to take bread , &c. For an explanation of this paragraph, see note on Matthew 16:5-12 . Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod By the leaven of Herod t...
The Leaven of Herod and the Pharisees; Christ Reproves His Disciples. 10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples,...
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The Conversation in the Boat (8:14-21). But the Pharisees and Herodians are not the only blind ones. As attention now turns to the Apostles they too are seen to be lacking in understanding. They a...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 8:17 . Hardened .— Dulled . See on chaps. Mark 3:5 ; Mark 6:52 . MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 8:13-21 (PARALLEL: Matthew 16:5-12 .) A war...
Mark 8:12-25 I. Ver. 12. "And He sighed deeply in His spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign?" etc. The sign in this case was morally suggestive. It must have been one of th...
Mark 8:1-4 . In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have...
Mark 8:10 . He came into the parts of Dalmanutha, situate beyond the Jordan, where Tiberias and Magdala were considerable towns. Mark 8:12 . There shall no sign be given to this generation. Ma...
Seeking of Him a sign from heaven, tempting Him. Seeking sign I. The unreasonableness of this request. 1. In other matters they were not scrupulous of evidence-tradition. 2. They had the...
EXPOSITION Mark 8:1 , Mark 8:2 The opening words of the first verse seem to imply that our Lord remained for some time on this, the north-east, side of the Sea of Galilee. The multitu...
The reproof of Christ:
1 Corinthians 15:34 ; 1 Corinthians 6:5 ; John 14:9 ; Mark 6:52 ; Mark 8:12 ; Mark 8:17 ; Mark 9:19 ; Matthew 16:11 ; Matthew 16:12 ; Psalms 94:8