Matthew 15:16

Mat 15:16. Ὑμεῖς, you) corresponding with ἡμῖν, to us, in Mat 15:15. You, not only the Pharisees and the multitude.—ἀσύνετοί, without understanding) corresponding with συνίετε, understand, in Mat 15:10.

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Mat_15:16. Ἀκμήν] in the sense of adhuc (frequently met with in Polybius), belongs to the Greek of a later age. Phrynichus, p. 123, and Lobecks note.

καὶ ὑμεῖς] even you, although you are my regular disciples.

Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Mat 15:16 . ἀκμὴν , accusative of ἀκμή , the point (of a weapon, etc.) = κατʼ ἀκμὴν χρόνου , at this point of time, still ; late Greek, and condemned by Phryn., p. 123 ( ἀντὶ τοῦ ἔτι ). ἀσύνετοί ἐστε . Christ chides the Twelve for making a mystery of a plain matter (“quare parabolice dictum putet quod perspicue locutus est,” Jerome). Very simple and axiomatic to the Master, but was it ever quite clear to the disciples? In such matters all depends on possessing the requisite spiritual sense. Easy to see when you have eyes.

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And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?--Slowness of spiritual apprehension in His genuine disciples grieves the Saviour: from others He expects no better (Mat 13:11).

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Verse 16. Are ye also yet without understanding?] The word ακμη, which we translate yet, should be here rendered still: Are ye still void of understanding? and the word is used in this sense by several Greek writers. The authorities which have induced me to prefer this translation may be seen in Kypke.

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(16) Are ye also yet without understanding?—The pronoun is emphatic: “Ye, My disciples, who have heard from My lips the spiritual nature of My kingdom, are ye too, like the Pharisees, still such backward scholars?”

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16. without understanding] Cp. the “spiritual understanding,” Col_1:9, and “knowledge in the mystery of Christ,” Eph_3:4.

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And Jesus said,.... As wondering at, and as being displeased with, and as reproving them for their dulness and ignorance:

are ye also yet without understanding? you, my disciples, as well as the Scribes and Pharisees; you, who have been with me so long, who have heard so many discourses from me, who for so long a time have been instructed by me, both in private, and in public; and yet do not understand what is so plain and easy, that has nothing of difficulty in it, but what might easily be accounted for.

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16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

Ver. 16. Do not ye yet understand?] What! not at these years, and after so long standing? Will ye stand till ye wax sour again, and not give yourselves wholly to these things, that your profiting may appear to all? {a} Is it not a shame to have no more wit at sixty years old than at six? to be "always learning, yet never come to the knowledge of the truth?" God expects a proportion of skill and holiness according to the time and means men have had, Heb 5:12.

{a} 1Ti 4:15. ’ Ακμην adhuc pro κατα ακμην, at these years; now that you are at full stature, and in your full vigour?

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16. Are ye — My own disciples. Also — That is, as well as the Pharisees. Yet — After all my example and instruction. Without understanding — Of the difference between physical uncleanness and moral defilement. The disciples have plainly been permitted by our Lord to neglect these washings. They have been doubtless many a time told that washing the body does not wash the soul. Still, when the precept in its avowed power is brought into direct collision with the doctrines of the teachers, they become a little confused, and need to have it stated outright and in full terms by the Master.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Are ye also yet without understanding? Even yet; akmhn : adhuc. In spite of all that has passed my teaching, my life, my miracles do you not understand in what real purity consists? Often had Jesus to complain of the dulness of his disciples" intelligence, the slow appreciation of his meaning, the indifference to the spiritual side of his acts and doctrine. Up to the very last they failed to apprehend his mission; nor was it till the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured upon them, that they really and in fulness understood the Lord"s teaching and their own duties and powers.

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16, 17. Is cast out. What is eaten passes through the body and passes away. It does not defile the soul.

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16. Ἰησοῦς omitted and 30 τοῦ Ἰησοῦ for αὐτοῦ.

16. ἀκμήν. Here only in N.T. Strictly, ‘at the point of time,’ in late authors, ‘even now,’ ‘still.’ Latin, adhuc. In the modern Greek versions ἔτι is used for ἀκμήν.

καὶ ὑμεῖς, as well as the crowds to whom the parables are spoken.

ἀσύνετοί ἐστε. Cp. συνέσει πνευματικῇ, Col 1:9, and τὴν σύνεσιν μου ἐν τῷ μυστηρίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Eph 3:4.

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16.] The saying in ver. 11 was spoken for the multitude, who were exhorted ἀκούετε κ. συνίετε: much more then ought the disciples to have understood it.

ἀκμήν = adhuc is a later Greek word: Phrynichus (p. 123, ed. Lobeck) says that Xenophon uses it once (ref.): but this is not in the sense of ἔτι, but ἄρτι, ‘even now,’ ‘in articulo;’ see Lobeck’s note, where he gives more examples.

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16. And He said, Are you even yet without understanding? Mk. has: “And, He saith to them, Are you also so without understanding?”—ὁ δέ] for Mk.’s καί, as often.—εἶπεν] for Mk.’s λέγει, as often.—ἀκμήν] only here in N.T. Mk. has οὕτως.

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