Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"Do ye not yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?" — Matthew 16:9-10 (ASV)
How many baskets—The distinction between the two kinds of baskets—the cophini and the spurides—is, as noted before , strictly observed here.