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Anxiety Blinds the Heart
Commentators agree the disciples' failure to understand Jesus wasn't just an intellectual mistake. It stemmed from their "little faith" and being overly anxious about physical needs like bread. Scholars explain this preoccupation with worldly concerns clouded their spiritual perception, preventing them from grasping Jesus' clear metaphorical teaching.
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Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 16:11
19th Century
Preacher
Fundamentally, it was unbelief that clouded their understanding. Jesus may well say to doubters, “You do not understand.” Truly, nothing m…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 16:11
Because they were men of little faith (v.8; cf. 6:30; 8:26; 14:31), they came to an unimaginative conclusion. Jesus could not have been talking abo…
John Gill
On Matthew 16:11
17th Century
Pastor
How is it that you do not understand
That you should be so senseless and void of thought, after such instances, as to imag…
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Matthew Henry
On Matthew 16:5–12
17th Century
Minister
Christ speaks of spiritual things using a comparison, and the disciples misunderstand him, taking his words to refer to carnal things. He was displ…
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 16:1–12
13th Century
Philosopher
Previously, the Lord demonstrated the sufficiency of the Gospel teaching, showing that it does not require legal observances and, furthermore, that…