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Anxiety's Root: Little Faith
Commentators unanimously identify the disciples' anxiety about bread as a direct result of their "little faith." Jesus rebukes them not for a simple mistake, but for allowing earthly worries to overshadow their memory of His miraculous power. Their forgetfulness of how He fed thousands reveals a faith that was too weak to trust Him for their next meal.
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 16:6–8
18th Century
Theologian
Take heed. That is, be cautious, be on your guard.
The leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Leaven is used in mak…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 16:8
Jesus asks four pungent questions about the intellectual dulness, refers to the feeding of the five thousand and uses the word κοφινους (14:20) for…
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 16:8–10
19th Century
Preacher
Lack of faith made them so dull and carnal. Lack of bread would not have troubled them if they had possessed more grace. Our Lord essentially says …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 16:8
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 Calvin
On Matthew 16:8
16th Century
Theologian
Why do you think within yourselves, etc.? The disciples again show how little they had learned from the instructions of their Master and f…
John Gill
On Matthew 16:8
17th Century
Pastor
Which when Jesus perceived
Without hearing any of their debates, but by his omniscience; for he knew the doubts and …
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…