bread (as raised) or a loaf · noun — genitive plural masculine
but
ἀλλ᾽all᾽
G235
properly · conjunction
of
ἀπὸapo
G575
"off · preposition
doctrine
διδαχῆςdidachēs
G1322
instruction (the act or the matter) · noun — genitive singular feminine
Pharisees
ΦαρισαίωνPharisaiōn
G5330
a separatist · noun — genitive plural masculine, a title
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
Sadducees
Σαδδουκαίων.¶Saddoukaiōn
G4523
a Sadducæan (i.e. Tsadokian) · noun — genitive plural masculine, a title
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Cross-references
Matthew 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter in…
Acts 23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
Matthew 15:4-9 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Matthew 23:13-28 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neit…
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:5-12
We have here Christ's discourse with his disciples concerning bread, in which, as in many other discourses, he speaks to them of spiritual things under a similitude, and they misunderstand him of carnal things. The occasion of it was, their forgetting to victual their ship, and to take along with them provisions for their family on the other side of the water; usually they carried bread along with them, because they were sometimes in desert places; and when they were not, yet they would not be burthensome. But now they forgot; we will hope it was because their minds and memories were filled with better things. Note, Christ's disciples are often such as have no great forecast for the world.
I…
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 Pharisees were very particular and precise what sort of leaven they made use of (z), that Christ forbad them buying bread that was made with leaven according to their directions: and since their rules in everything prevailed much in all places, they were concerned what bread they must, or could buy; but now they perceived that he did not speak of this, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. It was very common with the Jews (a) to call the corruption and vitiosity of nature b…
Matthew 16:5-12
Matthew 16:5-12
Mark 8:14-21
Luke 12:1
5. And his disciples, when they had come to the opposite bank, through neglect had not taken bread. [427] 6. And Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 7. But they considered within themselves, saying, We have not taken bread. [428] 8. And when Jesus knew this, he said to them, Why do you think within yourselves, O you of little faith, that you have not taken bread? 9. Do you not yet understand, and do you not remember those five loaves, when there were five thousand men, and how many baskets you carried away? 10. Nor those seven loaves, when there were four thousand men, and how…
The Church Fathers
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? Let someone ask and say: How is it that they did not have bread, who, when seven baskets were filled immediately, they got into the boat and came to the region of Magadan; and there the sailors hear that they should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? But the Scripture testifies that they forgot to take bread with them. This is the leaven that the Apostle speaks of; A little leaven leavens the whole lump (I Cor. V, 6). Marcion and Valentinus and all heretics had this kind of leaven, which is to be avoided in every way. This fermentation has the power that if it is mixed with flour, which seemed small, it grows into something greater, and attracts the entire mixture to its flavor: and so also heretical doctrine, if it has thrown even a small spark into your heart, in a short time it grows into a great flame, and draws the entire possession of the person to itself. Finally, it follows: Then they understood that he did not say to beware of leavened bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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Dictionary and topics
Sadducees — The origin of this Jewish sect cannot definitely be traced. It was probably the outcome of the influence of Grecian customs and philosophy during the period of Greek domination. The first time they…
Apostles · of the kingdom he — of the kingdom he
Hypocrisy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Leaven · Illustrative of: Doctrines of Pharisees, &c — Illustrative of: Doctrines of Pharisees, &c
Leaven (Yeast) · .Of the hypocrisy of the Pharisees — .Of the hypocrisy of the Pharisees
Pharisees · .By Jesus — .By Jesus
Pharisees, The · Christ: Declared the doctrines of, to be hypocrisy — Christ: Declared the doctrines of, to be hypocrisy
Sadducees · Jesus warns his disciples against — Jesus warns his disciples against
Sadducees, The · Christ: Cautioned his disciples against their principles — Christ: Cautioned his disciples against their principles
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
