He asked them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
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He asked them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
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And he sayde vnto the: how is it that ye vnderstonde not?
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Then he saide vnto them, Howe is it that ye vnderstand not?
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Passages linked to Mark 8:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 94:8 Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
- Mark 6:52 for they hadn’t understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
- Matthew 16:11-12 How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- Mark 8:12 He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
- Mark 8:17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?
- John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
- 1 Corinthians 6:5 I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?
- 1 Corinthians 15:34 Wake up righteously, and don’t sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
- Mark 9:19 He answered him, “Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain How cometh it to pass, that you understand not…
How cometh it to pass, that you understand not these things which are so plain and evident?
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 21 And he said unto them, How is it…
21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Ver. 21. How is it that ye do not understand?] It is very ill taken when we improve not experiments. Of all things God can least abide to be forgotten.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto them,.... Since this was the…
And he said unto them,.... Since this was the case, and they so well remembered the miracles he had wrought, and the circumstances of them:
how is it that ye do not understand? my words concerning the leaven of the Pharisees, of the Sadducees, and of Herod, as to imagine I spoke of bread, taken in a literal sense; or that I concerned myself about the scantiness of your provisions, when you, might have learnt from my late miracles, how able I am to support you, if you had not so much as one loaf with you: wherefore it argues great want both of understanding and faith, and shows great stupidity, ignorance, and unbelief, to give such a sense of my words, and to be anxiously concerned on the score of your provisions.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. ye do not understand] They seem to have…
21. ye do not understand] They seem to have thought that He was warning them against buying leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain How is it that ye do not understand? A…
How is it that ye do not understand? A better reading here is oupw instead of pwv ou . Therefore the words should run, Do ye not yet understand? It is as though our Lord said, "You ought to have perceived, both from my words and from my actions, that I was not speaking concerning earthly leaven or earthly bread, but concerning spiritual doctrine." St. Matthew here (Mat_16:12) is careful to tell us that this reproof of Christ quickened their intellects, and forced them to understand.
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The last of a series of surprised, sorrowful, and indignant questions on the part of Christ.
I SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING WAS A RESULT TO BE LOOKED FOR FROM CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE.
1. From the teaching of Scripture. It unfolds the will of God, and reveals his mind and character. It is the record of the spiritual history of man in the past. The lives of the Old Testament saints and the history of God"s chosen
2. people were intended to acquaint us with the principles of the Divine kingdom, and the purpose of God"s dealings with men. "Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come". (1Co_10:11) "These are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God". (Joh_20:31)
3. From personal experience. In the case of the disciples, the teaching, example, and miracles of Christ were intended to reveal the merciful and loving purpose of God to redeem the world. This was to be
a. the basis of a personal faith;
b. a principle for interpreting the circumstances of life;
c. an influence for delivering and elevating the human spirit.
The consistent lesson of Christ"s works especially of his crowning miracle of the loaves was that men were to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all needful things of the earthly life would be added. Instead of being lost in anxious deliberations and "reasonings" about ways and means, the true disciple was to look steadfastly to the great end.
III THE LACK OF IT IN HIS DISCIPLES DISAPPOINTED CHRIST. He was astonished and pained at their hardness of heart. The works specially intended to produce faith and understanding had hitherto failed of their legitimate result. We seem to detect in his tone:
1. Wounded feeling. He had yearned for spiritual companionship and co-operation. It was ever his desire to draw his disciples into a closer fellowship; but they were discovered to be unfit and unworthy of the privilege. It is as if, too, he was indignant that the honor and love of his Father should be suspected.
2. Apprehension. They were in a dangerous spiritual condition, ready to be the prey of every passing temptation. It was as if the foreboding, "When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?", (Luk_18:8) had already flitted across his spirit.
III IT IS AN ACQUIREMENT TO BE DILIGENTLY CULTIVATED.
1. How? By remembrance. The dealings of God with others are plainly set forth in Scripture; but every Christian has a special history of his own in which God has revealed himself. None of the incidents of that personal history should be forgotten. Let him remember all the way by which the Father has led him, the gracious interpositions and revelations that have marked it, etc. By meditation. These circumstances are to be pondered and studied, that their inward meaning may be discovered. Above all, we ought to consider "what manner of love the Father hath bestowed on us". (1Jn_3:1)
2. Why? Because
(1) it is essential to the usefulness and happiness of the Christian;
(2) it may be increased. In some it can hardly be said to exist at all. Yet if there be faith as a grain of mustard seed it will grow, where diligence and prayerfulness are exercised. Of even those very men Christ at last declared, "No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you". (Joh_15:15) "He that doeth the will shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God. M.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:21 Don’t you understand yet? This question implies a…
8:21 Don’t you understand yet? This question implies a time when they would truly understand. Mark’s readers knew that Jesus’ resurrection would give the disciples understanding of Jesus’ identity and power (see, e.g., Acts 4:23-31).
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