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So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?
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A Rebuke for Slowness
Commentators observe that Jesus' question is a sharp rebuke born of disappointment. He expresses wonder that his closest followers, after so much direct teaching, could still be so slow to grasp spiritual realities. This serves as a reminder that even sincere believers can struggle to move past old ways of thinking.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Are you also yet without understanding? He appeals, in explaining this, to their common sense; and he wonders that they had not yet learne…
Are ye also even yet without understanding? (Ακμην κα υμεις ασυνετο εστε). Ακμην is an adverbial accusative (classic αιχμη, point …
19th Century
Anglican
Are ye also yet without understanding? —The pronoun is emphatic: “You, My disciples, who have heard from My lips the spir…
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Baptist
Of course, the Pharisees would hate the light and so refuse to see the spiritual truth which our Lord had set before them in such a forceful way. N…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jesus said As wondering at, and as being displeased with, and as reproving them for their dulness and ignorance:…
Christ shows that the defilement they should fear was not from what entered their mouths as food, but from what came out of their mouths, which sho…
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13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Lord showed the power of His teaching under figures; now He shows its sufficiency. This is shown in two ways. Firstly, He shows that He …
