Matthew 16:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. ”

Matthew 16:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The account in these verses is also recorded in Mark 8:13-21 . 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 sa...
Matthew 16:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Blindness of the Disciples Rebuked ( Mark 8:14-21 *, 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...
Matthew 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. They reasoned - For, as Lightfoot observes, the term leaven was very rarely used among the Jews to signify doctrine...
Matthew 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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.
Matthew 16:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It is because we have taken no bread. — There is a childish naïveté in their self-questioning which testifies to the absolute originality and truthfulness of the record, and so to the genuineness...
Matthew 16:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1-36 - Matthew 15:1-39 - Matthew 16:1-12 . THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet be...
Matthew 16:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 go...
Matthew 16:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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...
Matthew 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ver. 7 And they reasoned among themselves ,.... Either what should be the meaning of this caution of Christ's, and upon what account he should say this to them; or they were anxiously concerned what...
Matthew 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. Ver. 7. It is because we have taken no bread ] Oh the dulness that is in the best to receive or retain heavenly...
Matthew 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew 16:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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. Bot...
Matthew 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Of the Leaven of the Pharisees. 5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6 Then Je...
Matthew 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 5-7. Mark saith, Mark 8:14-16 , Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. And he charged them, saying, Take heed and beware of...
Matthew 16:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 16:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 16:9-10 . Baskets. —See notes on Matthew 14:20 , Matthew 15:37 . Matthew 16:12 . Doctrine. — Teaching (R.V.). Not so much the formulated dogmas of the sect as its ge...
Matthew 16:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 professin...
Matthew 16:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 16:1-40 The Pharisees and Sadducees desire a sign. ( Mark 8:11-41 .) Matthew 16:1 The Pharisees also with the Saddueees; rather, and the Pharisees and Saddu...
Matthew 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The warning and its understanding:
Matthew 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:14 ; Luke 9:46 ; Mark 8:16-18 ; Mark 9:10 ; Matthew 15:16-18
Matthew 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They reasoned among themselves — What must we do then for bread, since we have taken no bread with us?

Matthew 16:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 16:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 16:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 16:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 16:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 16:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 16:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 16:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 16:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 16:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 16:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 16:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 16:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 16:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 16:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 16:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 16:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 16:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 16:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 16:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 16:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 16:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 16:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes