Matteo 16:8

8 E Gesù, conosciuto ciò, disse loro: Perchè questionate fra voi, o uomini di poca fede, di ciò che non avete preso del pane?

Matteo 16:8 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 16:8

Which when Jesus perceived
Without hearing any of their debates, but by his omniscience; for he knew the doubts and unbelief, and anxious solicitude of their minds, as well as their private reasonings one with another:

he said unto them, O ye of little faith;
a phrase used upon a like occasion, when he would dissuade his disciples from an anxious distressing care about a livelihood, ( Matthew 6:30 ) (See Gill on Matthew 6:30):

why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
blaming one another for your negligence and forgetfulness in this matter; distressing your minds, as if you should be famished and starved, because ye have not brought a quantity of bread, as you used to do with you.

Matteo 16:8 In-Context

6 E Gesù disse loro: Vedete, guardatevi dal lievito de’ Farisei, e de’ Sadducei.

7 Ed essi ragionavano fra loro, dicendo: Noi non abbiam preso del pane.

8 E Gesù, conosciuto ciò, disse loro: Perchè questionate fra voi, o uomini di poca fede, di ciò che non avete preso del pane?

9 Ancora siete voi senza intelletto, e non vi ricordate dei cinque pani de’ cinquemila uomini, e quanti corbelli ne levaste?

10 Nè de’ sette pani de’ quattromila uomini, e quanti panieri ne levaste?