The signs of the times in our own day are much as they were in that. Still men are lovers of pleasure rather than of God. Still they who will live a godly life must be prepared to suffer persecution. The forms of hatred and dislike of the gospel change, but the hatred of the Cross is as inveterate as ever. The sign of Jonah was his resurrection to take up his cry against Nineveh; the resurrection of Jesus is the Father's seal of endorsement. See to it that He shall rise, not only in Joseph's garden, but in thy heart! That is the best evidence of the truth of our holy faith.
There is abroad today much teaching which may be compared to leaven. The germs of hurtful and false doctrine are as thick as microbes. Propagated by the agencies of the spoken address and the written page, they produce fermentation and unrest in the young and unstable. We must judge these pernicious teachings, not by their pleasant and innocent appearance, but by their effect on heart and character. [source]
Chapter Summary: Matthew 16
1The Pharisees require a sign 5Jesus warns his disciples of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees 13The people's opinion of Jesus, 16and Peter's confession of him 21Jesus foretells his death; 23reproves Peter for dissuading him from it; 24and admonishes those who will follow him, to bear the cross
Greek Commentary for Matthew 16:5
Came [ελτοντες] Probably= “went” as in Luke 15:20 So in Mark 8:13 απηλτεν apēlthen Perhaps in the hurry to leave Galilee, probably in the same boat by which they came across from Decapolis. [source]
What do the individual words in Matthew 16:5 mean?
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Greek Commentary for Matthew 16:5
Probably= “went” as in Luke 15:20 So in Mark 8:13 απηλτεν apēlthen Perhaps in the hurry to leave Galilee, probably in the same boat by which they came across from Decapolis. [source]