Matthew 16:7 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 16:7

They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, We took no bread.

KJV

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

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Commentary

5 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 12:5 (253)

After Jesus said this, the disciples thought to themselves (not aloud but in their hearts), "We did not bring bread." Then they said something else, like "If we had bread, then we wouldn't need the yeast from the Pharisees and Sadducees, but since we don't have bread, we are at risk of taking their yeast.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verses 6, 7.) Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. But they were discussing among themselves, saying, 'We did not bring any bread.' He who avoids the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees does not observe the precepts of the Law and the teachings of men, neglecting the traditions in order to fulfill God's commandment.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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 they should do for provision: saying, because we have taken no bread; for the phrase, "it is", is a supplement, and is not in the original text, which confines the sense to the first way of interpretation; the words may be read without it, and confirms the other sense, and which receives strength from what follows.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They reasoned - For, as Lightfoot observes, the term leaven was very rarely used among the Jews to signify doctrine, and therefore the disciples did not immediately apprehend his meaning. In what a lamentable state of blindness is the human mind? Bodily wants are perceived with the utmost readiness, and a supply is sought with all speed. But the necessities of the soul are rarely discovered, though they are more pressing than those of the body, and the supply of them of infinitely more importance.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
διελογίζοντο	dielogizonto	they were reasoning	G1260 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
ἑαυτοῖς	he'autois	themselves	G1438 →
λέγοντες	legontes	saying	G3004 →
ὅτι	hoti	Because	G3754 →
ἄρτους	artous	bread	G740 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐλάβομεν.¶	elabomen	we took.	G2983 →

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
Luke 9:46
Then an argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.
leads to
- Matthew 18:1–5
  At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
- Mark 9:33–37
  Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
- Matthew 20:20–22
  Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.
Through
Acts 10:14
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
leads to
- Leviticus 20:25
  You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart…
- Ezekiel 4:14
  “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my…
Through
Mark 9:10
So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.
leads to
- Acts 17:18
  Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this…
- John 2:19–22
  Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
- John 16:17–19
  Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because…