Mark 8:15

He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

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WEBBE

He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

BSB

“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

KJV

And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

ASV

And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

BBE

And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

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καὶ kai And G2532 διεστέλλετο diestelleto He was instructing G1291 αὐτοῖς autois to them G846 λέγων legōn saying G3004 ὁρᾶτε horate do watch out G3708 βλέπετε blepete do take heed G991 ἀπὸ apo of G575 τῆς tēs the G3588 ζύμης zumēs leaven G2219 τῶν tōn of the G3588 Φαρισαίων Pharisaiōn Pharisees G5330 καὶ kai and G2532 τῆς tēs of the G3588 ζύμης zumēs leaven G2219 Ἡρῴδου Hērōdou of Herod G2264

The early church

(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) Matthew says, of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees; Luke, however, of the Pharisees only. All three, therefore, name the Pharisees, as being the most important of them, but Matthew and Mark have each mentioned one of the secondary sects; and fitly has Mark added of Herod, as a supplement to Matthew's narrative, in which they were left out. But in saying this, He by degrees brings the disciples to understanding and faith.
Pseudo-Chrysostom · d. 500Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(ubi sup.) Or, the leaven of the Pharisees is making the decrees of the divine law inferior to the traditions of men, preaching the law in word, attacking it in deed, tempting the Lord, and disbelieving His doctrine and His works; but the leaven of Herod is adultery, murder, rash swearing, a pretence of religion, hatred to Christ and His forerunner.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
He means by leaven their hurtful and corrupt doctrine, full of the old malice, for the Herodians were the teachers, who said that Herod was the Christ.
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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Matthew 16:6Luke 12:1

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Herod Antipas

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HypocrisySelf-RighteousnessLeaven (Yeast)

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.