And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
The account in these verses is also recorded in Mar 8:13-21. Mat 16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side - That is, to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. Mark says that he entered…
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…
Cambridge Bible
It is because we have taken no bread "Neither had they more than one loaf" (Mark). It is possible that Jesus may have employed figurative language even more than was usual with Eastern teachers;…
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