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Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod

13 And He left them, and getting into the boat again, departed to the other side.
14 aNow1 the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have more than one loaf with them in the boat.  
15 aThen He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the1 leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”  
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “It is because we have no bread.”
17 But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, “Why do you reason because you have no bread? aDo you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart1 still hardened?  
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Mark 8:15

Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of Herod (orate, blepete apo thv zumhv twn Farisaiwn kai thv zumhv hrwdou). Present imperatives. Note apo and the ablative case. Zumh is from zumow and occurs already in Matthew 13:33 in a good sense. For the bad sense see I Corinthians 5:6. He repeatedly charged (diestelleto, imperfect indicative), showing that the warning was needed. The disciples came out of a Pharisaic atmosphere and they had just met it again at Dalmanutha. It was insidious. Note the combination of Herod here with the Pharisees. This is after the agitation of Herod because of the death of the Baptist and the ministry of Jesus (Mark 6:14-29; Matthew 14:1-12; Luke 9:7-9). Jesus definitely warns the disciples against "the leaven of Herod" (bad politics) and the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees (bad theology and also bad politics).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 8:15:

Matthew 24:6
Mark 3:6
Luke 12:1

 

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