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MATTHEW 16:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 16:8Matt 16:10
“Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?”
Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? The appeal to memory: do you not remember the five-thousand feeding? The disciples who distributed the bread and collected the twelve baskets of leftovers should have connected the bread-worry to the feeding miracle. The perceive and remember are the two capacities that the little-faith disciples need to exercise.

Church Fathers on Matthew 16:9

As the Lord had left the Pharisees on account of their unbelief, so now He teaches His disciples to be on their guard against their doctrine; whence it follows, 'And when His disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.'

Gloss (Glossa Ordinaria) · medieval compilation · non occ.

They were bound to their Master with so great affection, that they were unwilling to part from Him for even a moment of time. And herein it should be observed how far they were from any longing for delicacies, when they took so small care for necessaries, that they had even forgotten to take bread, without which human weakness cannot support itself.

Remigius · 9th century

Herein the Apostles are admonished not to be partakers in the doctrine of the Jews; for the works of the Law were established to produce faith, and to prefigure the things that were to follow; and they on whose times truth itself had chanced should look for no further types of truth; lest the teaching of the Pharisees, which knew not of Christ, should stay the effect of Gospel truth.

Hilary of Poitiers · 4th century
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