Mark 8:14

They forgot to take bread; and they didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with them.

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WEBBE

They forgot to take bread; and they didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with them.

BSB

Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.

KJV

Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

ASV

And they forgot to take bread; and they had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.

BBE

And they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἐπελάθοντο epelathonto they forgot G1950 λαβεῖν labein to take G2983 ἄρτους artous loaves G740 καὶ kai and G2532 εἰ ei only G1487 μὴ mē except G3361 ἕνα hena one G1520 ἄρτον arton loaf G740 οὐκ ouk not G3756 εἶχον eichon they had G2192 μεθ meth᾽ with G3326 ἑαυτῶν he'autōn themselves G1438 ἐν en in G1722 τῷ tō the G3588 πλοίῳ ploiō boat G4143

The early church

(ubi sup.) Some may ask, how they had no bread, when they had filled seven baskets just before they embarked in the ship. But Scripture relates that they had forgotten to take them with them, which is a proof how little care they had for the flesh in other things, since in their eagerness to follow the Lord, even the necessity of refreshing their bodies had escaped from their mind.

Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Now they had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. By a special providence also the disciples forgot to take bread, that they might be blamed by Christ, and thus become better, and arrive at a knowledge of Christ's power.

Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 11–21

Obstinate unbelief will have something to say, though ever so unreasonable. Christ refused to answer their demand. If they will not be convinced, they shall not. Alas! what cause we have to lament for those around us, who destroy themselves and others by their perverse and obstinate unbelief, and enmity to the gospel! When we forget the works of God, and distrust him, we should chide ourselves severely, as Christ here reproves his disciples. How is it that we so often mistake his meaning, disregard his warnings, and distrust his providence?

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