They reasoned (διελογιζοντο). It was pathetic, the almost jejune inability of the disciples to understand the parabolic warning ag…

Take heed. That is, be cautious, be on your guard.

The leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Leaven is used in mak…

It is because we have taken no bread — There is a childish naïveté in their self-questioning that testifies to the absolu…

Their thoughts ran along the low material level, from leaven to bread. Did they imagine that He forbade their borrowing leaven from the Pharisees w…

Glossa Ordinaria: As the Lord had left the Pharisees because of their unbelief, He now teaches His disciples to be on their gu…

This is Jesus’ last and most important withdrawal from Galilee before his final trip south (19:1). The setting for this conversation may be the boa…

Ver. 7 And they reasoned among themselves
Either what should be the meaning of this caution of Christ's, and upon wh…

Christ speaks of spiritual things using a comparison, and the disciples misunderstand him, taking his words to refer to carnal things. He was displ…

Previously, the Lord demonstrated the sufficiency of the Gospel teaching, showing that it does not require legal observances and, furthermore, that…