Notes on Matthew 16:6
16:12,
15:26,
15:28,
13:33,
and 7:15.
These Are
Notes From The Companion Bible.
Matthew
16:6
6. Then
Jesus said unto them, °"Take heed and
°beware
°of the
°leaven of the
°Pharisees
and of the °Sadducees."
°Take heed = Look well. Greek horao. Appendix
133. I. 8.
°beware of the leaven. Figure of Speech, Hypocatastasis
(Appendix 6),
leaven put by implication for "doctrine" (verse 12),
because of its evil effects. Compare notes on 15:26,
and 13:33.
°beware = pay attention to, so as to be
careful of.
°of = from. Here, away from: that is to say,
beware [and keep] away from, or keep clear of, as in 7: 15.
Greek apo. Appendix
104. iv.
°leaven. See note on 13: 33
below.
°Pharisees ... Sadducees. See Appendix
120. II.
Matthew
16:12
12. Then
understood they how that He bade them °not
°beware
°of
the °leaven of bread, but of the
°doctrine of the
°Pharisees
and of the °Sadducees.
°12.
not. Greek ou Appendix
105. I.
°beware of the leaven. Figure of Speech, Hypocatastasis
(Appendix 6),
leaven put by implication for "doctrine",
because of its evil effects. Compare notes on 15: 26,
and 13:33.
°beware = pay attention to, so as to be
careful of.
°of = from. Here, away from: that is to say,
beware [and keep] away from, or keep clear of, as in 7: 15.
Greek apo. Appendix
104. iv.
°leaven. See note on 13: 33
below.
°doctrine = teaching. This was the word which
the Lord had been implying in vesre 6,
using the Figure of Speech, Hypocatastasis. Appendix
6. The woman of Canaan saw what was implied in the
word "dog"; and her faith was called "great"
(15:28);
the disciples did not understand what the Lord implied by
the word "leaven", and their faith was "little".
°Pharisees ... Sadducees. See Appendix
120. II.
Matthew
15:26
26. But
He answered and said,
"It is °not
°meet to take
°the
°children's
°bread, and
to cast it to °dogs."
°26.
not. Greek ou Appendix
105. I.
°meet = fair.
°the children's bread = the bread of the
children, with emphasis on children. Figure of Speech, Enallage.
Appendix 6.
°children's. See Appendix
108. i.
°bread. Put by Figure of Speech, Synecdoche
(of Species), Appendix
6, for all kinds of food.
°dogs = puppies, or little household dogs ;
this is true only of such. Dogs are not cared for (in the East) when
grown. The Lord used the Figure of Speech, Hypocatastasis
(Appendix 6),
implying that she was only a Gentile, and thus had still no claim even
on that ground. Gentiles were known as "dogs" by
the Jews, and despised as such (7: 6.
1
Samuel 17:43.
2
Samuel 3:8;
9:8.
2
Kings 8:13.
Philippians 3:2).
Matthew
15:28
28. Then °Jesus
°answered and said unto her,
°"O
woman, °great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou
wilt."
And her daughter was made whole °from that very hour.
°28.
Jesus. See Appendix
98. X.
°answered and said = exclaimed and said. A
Hebraism. Idiom Appendix
6. In this idiom the word "answered"
receives its meaning from the context. Here it = confessed, or repented
and said.
°O woman. Figure of Speech, Ecphonesis.
Appendix 6.
°great is thy faith. Contrast the disciples
(16: 8),
where the same Figure of Speech, Hypocatastasis (Appendix
6), is used, and ought to have been understood.
°from = away from. Greek apo Appendix
104. iv.
Matthew
13:33
33. Another
parable spake He unto them ; °"The
kingdom of °heaven is like unto °leaven, which °a woman took,
and °hid °in three °measures of meal, till the whole was °leavened.
°33.
The Kingdom of heaven. See Appendix
114.
°heaven = the heavens.
°leaven = sour dough. Always used in a bad
sense, as meal is in a good sense : therefore the common interpretation
as to the Gospel's improving the world is the exact contrary of the
leaven corrupting the whole of the meal. The same is true of the symbol
of the "woman", see below. The Lord mentions three
kinds of leaven, all of which were evil in their working: the leaven (1)
of the Pharisees = hypocrisy of formalism (Luke 12: 1);
(2) of the Pharisees and Sadducees = evil doctrine or teaching (Matthew
16:11, 12);
(3) of Herod = political religion, or worldliness (Mark 8:15).
Compare also Genesis 19:3.
1
Corinthians 5:6
- 8.
Matthew 23:14,
16, 23 - 28.
°a woman. A common symbol of evil in the
moral or religious spheres. See Zechariah 5: 7,
8.
Revelation 2:20;
17:1 - 6.
°hid. Compare verse 44,
and see the Structure. Appendix 145.
°measures. Greek saton. See Appendix
51. III. 3 (ii) (9).
°leavened = corrupted.
Matthew
7:15
15. °Beware
°of false prophets, which come
°to you
°in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
°15.
Beware = Take heed, as in 6:1.
°of = from, or away from. Greek apo.
Appendix 104. iv.:
that is to say, Beware [and keep] away from.
°to. Greek pros Appendix
104. xv. 3.
°in. Greek en. Appendix
104. viii.
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