“And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?”
Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? — the diagnostic questions pile up: do you still not see, still not understand, still hardened hearts? The still communicates progressive failure — this is not the first opportunity to understand. The hard hearts (pepōrōmenēn kardian) explicitly applies to the disciples the same language used for Pharaoh (Exodus) and Jesus' enemies (Mark 3:5). The disciples' incomprehension is not merely intellectual slowness but a structural condition that will only be broken by the passion and resurrection.
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