For they understood not (ου γαρ συνηκαν). Explanation of their excessive amazement, viz., their failure to grasp the full signific…

They considered not the miracle of the loaves. They did not remember or call to mind the power which Jesus had shown in feeding t…

For they considered not.—This is peculiar to St. Mark, and may fairly be received as representing St. Peter’s recollectio…

Glo a Ordinaria: The Lord indeed showed that He is the Creator of the world by the miracle of the loaves. But now, by walking o…

For they considered not the miracle of the loaves
Which they had seen but the day before; they did not attend to it,…

The church is often like a ship at sea, tossed with tempests, and not comforted. We may have Christ for us, yet wind and tide can be again…