What does Matthew 16:9 Mean?

Study Notes

baskets
A different Greek word from that translated "baskets" in Matthew 16:10 .

Context Summary

The signs of the times in our own day are much as they were in that. Still men are lovers of pleasure rather than of God. Still they who will live a godly life must be prepared to suffer persecution. The forms of hatred and dislike of the gospel change, but the hatred of the Cross is as inveterate as ever. The sign of Jonah was his resurrection to take up his cry against Nineveh; the resurrection of Jesus is the Father's seal of endorsement. See to it that He shall rise, not only in Joseph's garden, but in thy heart! That is the best evidence of the truth of our holy faith.

There is abroad today much teaching which may be compared to leaven. The germs of hurtful and false doctrine are as thick as microbes. Propagated by the agencies of the spoken address and the written page, they produce fermentation and unrest in the young and unstable. We must judge these pernicious teachings, not by their pleasant and innocent appearance, but by their effect on heart and character. [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 16

¹  The Pharisees require a sign
⁵  Jesus warns his disciples of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees
¹³  The people's opinion of Jesus,
¹⁶  and Peter's confession of him
²¹  Jesus foretells his death;
²³  reproves Peter for dissuading him from it;
²⁴  and admonishes those who will follow him, to bear the cross