John Gill's Exposition on Matthew 16:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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When his disciples were come to the other side, etc.] Of the sea, as Munster’s Hebrew Gospel adds, to Bethsaida, (<410822>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.

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