Mark 8:15

Mark 8:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
• New International Version (NIV)“Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he cautioned them, saying, "Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

Context of Mark 8:15

13Leaving them, He got back into the boat and crossed to the other side. 14Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and they had only one loaf in the boat. Yeshua was warning them, “Watch out! Beware of the hametz of the Pharisees and the hametz of Herod.” 16They began to discuss with each other that they had no bread. 17And Yeshua, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you discuss that you have no bread? You still don’t get it? Don’t you understand? Are your hearts hardened?

Mark 8:15 word by word

καὶ διεστέλλετο αὐτοῖς λέγων· ὁρᾶτε, βλέπετε ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ τῆς ζύμης Ἡρῴδου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he chargedδιαστέλλωdiastellomai · to give ordersG1291
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Take heedὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• bewareβλέπωblepō · to seeG991
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the leavenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the leavenζύμηzumē · leavenG2219
• of the PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• of HerodἩρώδηςHērōdēs · HerodG2264

Cross-references for Mark 8:15

• Numbers 27:19You will have him stand before Eleazar the kohen and the entire assembly and commission him before their eyes.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9“Now you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for Adonai searches all hearts and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
• 1 Timothy 5:21I solemnly charge you—before God and Messiah Yeshua and the chosen angels—to observe these things without taking sides, doing nothing out of favoritism.
• 1 Timothy 6:13I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Messiah Yeshua who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,
• 2 Timothy 2:14Remind them of these things and solemnly charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which is useless—to the ruin of those who are listening.
• Proverbs 19:27My son, if you stop heeding instruction, you will stray from words of knowledge.
• Matthew 16:6“Watch out,” Yeshua said to them, “and beware of the hametz of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
• Luke 12:1Meanwhile, when thousands of people had gathered, so many that they were trampling one another, Yeshua began speaking first to His disciples, “Be on guard yourselves against the hametz of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• Exodus 12:18During the first month in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, you are to eat matzot , until the evening of the twenty-first day of the month.
• Leviticus 2:11“Every grain offering which you present to Adonai shall be made without hametz, for you are not to burn up as smoke any hametz nor any honey as a sacrifice made by fire to Adonai.
• 1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is no good. Don’t you know that a little hametz leavens the whole batch of dough?
• Mark 12:13Then they send some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Yeshua in order to trap Him with a word.
• Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap Him with a word.

Commentaries on Mark 8:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 See this passage explained in Matthew 16:1-12. Mark 8:12 Sighed deeply in his spirit - His heart was deeply affected at their wickedness and hypocrisy. The word “spirit” here is taken as the seat of the emotions, passions, affections. He drew groans deeply from his breast. No sign be given - That is, no such sign as they asked, to wit, a sign “from heaven.” He said a sign should be given, the same as was furnished by Jonas, Matthew 16:4. But…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 Obstinate unbelief will have something to say, though ever so unreasonable. Christ refused to answer their demand. If they will not be convinced, they shall not. Alas! what cause we have to lament for those around us, who destroy themselves and others by their perverse and obstinate unbelief, and enmity to the gospel! When we forget the works of God, and distrust him, we should chide ourselves severely, as Christ here reproves his disciples…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Matthew says that the leaven of the Pharisees refers to their false teaching (Matthew 16:12). It might also refer to their unbelief and stubbornness (Mark 8:10–13). The reference to Herod could suggest he was unwilling to accept what he knew to be true (6:14, 16, 20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees--"and of the Sadducees" (Mt 16:6). and of the leaven of Herod--The teaching or "doctrine" (Mt 16:12) of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees was quite different, but both were equally pernicious; and the Herodians, though rather a political party, were equally envenomed against our Lord's spiritual teaching. See on Mt 12:14. The penetrating and diffusive quality of leaven, for…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 8:15

• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Leaven (Yeast)
• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Herod
• Herod, Herod Antipas
• Herod, Herod the Great
• Adulterous
• Antipas
• Deeply
• Faint
• Herodians
• Leaven
• Sigh

Commentaries on Mark 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings