Robertson Word Pictures - Mark 8:15 - 8:15

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Robertson Word Pictures - Mark 8:15 - 8:15


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Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of Herod (Horāte, blepete apo tēs zumēs tōn Pharisaiōn kai tēs zumēs Hērōidou). Present imperatives. Note apo and the ablative case. Zumē is from zumoō and occurs already in Mat 13:33 in a good sense. For the bad sense See note on 1Co 5:6. He repeatedly charged (diestelleto, imperfect indicative), showing that the warning was needed. The disciples came out of a Pharisaic atmosphere and they had just met it again at Dalmanutha. It was insidious. Note the combination of Herod here with the Pharisees. This is after the agitation of Herod because of the death of the Baptist and the ministry of Jesus (Mark 6:14-29; Mat 14:1-12; Luk 9:7-9). Jesus definitely warns the disciples against “the leaven of Herod” (bad politics) and the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees (bad theology and also bad politics).