Mark 8:14

Beware the Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod

14 And they had forgotten to take bread, and except [for] one loaf, they did not have [any] with them in the boat.

Mark 8:14 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:14

Now the disciples had, forgotten to take bread
At Dalmanutha, or Magdala, or whatever place in those parts they were at, before they took shipping, as was their usual method.

Neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf;
for thirteen passengers of them. The Persic version reads the whole thus: "and they forgot to take bread with them, not indeed one loaf, and there was no bread with them in the ship"; (See Gill on Matthew 16:5).

Mark 8:14 In-Context

12 And sighing deeply in his spirit, he said, "Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation!"

13 And he left them, got into [the boat] again, [and] went to the other side.

14 And they had forgotten to take bread, and except [for] one loaf, they did not have [any] with them in the boat.

15 And he ordered them, saying, "Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod!"

16 And they began to discuss with one another that they had no bread.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation