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Mat_16:7 f. Owing to the notion of bread being associated in their minds with that of leaven, the words of Jesus led them to notice that their supply of the former article was exhausted, so that they supposed all the time that His object was to warn them against taking bread from the Pharisees and Sadducees.
διελογίζοντο ] not disceptabant (Grotius, Kypke, Kuinoel), but: they consulted among themselves, i.e. they deliberate ( λέγοντες ) over the matter within their own circle without saying anything to Jesus, who, however, from His being able to penetrate their thoughts, is quite aware of what is going on, Mat_16:8. Comp. Xen. Mem. iii. 5. 1.
ὅτι ] not: recitative, but: (He says that) because we have not provided ourselves with bread. In Mat_16:8 it means: over the fact, that.
τί διαλογ .] why, and so on, how meaningless and absurd it is!