Mark 8:16 - Forerunner Commentary

Mark 8:16

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?

18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

19 ^aWhen I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?” They said to Him, “Twelve.”

20 “Also, ^awhen I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up?” And they said, “Seven.”

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Mark 8:13-21

These were the disciples of Jesus Christ earlier on in their teaching, but they just did not get it. They saw things unclearly. They saw God's truth like men as trees walking.

So how could the disciples experience so many of Jesus' miracles and yet be so slow to comprehend who He really was? Sometimes we are slow to understand, and although Christ has led us through trials and temptations before, we are slow to believe. He will do so again and hopefully our hearts are not so closed off that we cannot see clearly all that God can do for us.

Jesus asked His disciples the rhetorical question, "Is your heart still hardened? Are you still resisting the truth of who I am? Are you not clear on My purpose and message?"

Excerpted from The Eyes of the Blind Shall Be Opened

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