Matteo 16:5

5 E quando i suoi discepoli furon giunti all’altra riva, ecco, aveano dimenticato di prender del pane.

Matteo 16:5 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 16:5

When his disciples were come to the other side
Of the sea, as Munster's Hebrew Gospel adds, to Bethsaida, ( Mark 8:22 ) as they were either in the ship, or going from the shore to the said place, they recollected themselves,

that they had forgotten to take bread:
having but one loaf, as Mark says, in the ship; the seven baskets of fragments being either expended, or given away to the poor, of their own accord, or by Christ's orders. It seems, it was usual with the disciples to buy food at places most proper, and carry with them; since Christ often went into deserts and mountainous places, where provisions could not be had. This their forgetfulness to act according to their wonted method, might arise either from their being intent upon Christ's conversation with the Pharisees, and Sadducees, or from the suddenness of Christ's departure.

Matteo 16:5 In-Context

3 E la mattina dite: Oggi sarà tempesta, perciocchè il cielo tutto mesto rosseggia. Ipocriti, ben sapete discernere l’aspetto del cielo, e non potete discernere i segni de’ tempi!

4 La gente malvagia ed adultera richiede un segno, ma segno alcuno non le sarà dato, se non il segno del profeta Giona. E, lasciatili, se ne andò.

5 E quando i suoi discepoli furon giunti all’altra riva, ecco, aveano dimenticato di prender del pane.

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.