Matthew 16:12 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

By occasion of the precept, which the Savior had commanded, saying: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, He teaches them what the five loaves and the seven signify: the five thousand men, and the four thousand, who were fed in the wilderness. Although the greatness of the miracles is clear, yet something else is shown in spiritual understanding. For if the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees signifies not bodily bread, but perverse traditions and heretical doctrines, why do the foods, with which the people of God are nourished, not signify the true and complete teaching?

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

In these verses we find our Lord assailed by the untiring enmity of the Pharisees and Sadducees. As a general rule these two sects were at enmity between themselves; in persecuting Christ, however, they made common cause. Truly it was an unholy alliance! Yet how often we see the same thing in the present day. Men of the most opposite opinions and habits will agree in disliking the Gospel, and will work together to oppose its progress. “There is no new thing under the sun” ( Ecclesiastes 1:9 ).

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
συνῆκαν	sunēkan	they understood	G4920 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
προσέχειν	prosechein	to beware	G4337 →
ἀπὸ	apo	of	G575 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
ζύμης	zumēs	leaven	G2219 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
ἄρτων	artōn	loaves	G740 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἀπὸ	apo	of	G575 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
διδαχῆς	didachēs	teaching	G1322 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
Φαρισαίων	Pharisaiōn	Pharisees	G5330 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Σαδδουκαίων.¶	Saddoukaiōn	Sadducees.	G4523 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
leads to
- Romans 10:2–3
  For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- Philippians 3:9
  and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Romans 9:30–32
  What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
- Luke 16:14–15
  The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
- Matthew 23:2–5
  “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
Through
Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
leads to
- Luke 20:27
  Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
- Matthew 22:23
  That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
- Mark 12:18
  Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him: