Matthew 16 · Verse 5

Matthew 16:5

And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

Matthew 16:5, King James Version

Matthew 16:5 in other translations

BSB	When they crossed to the other side, the disciples forgot to take bread.
WEB	The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.
ASV	And the disciples came to the other side and forgot to take bread.
YLT	And his disciples having come to the other side, forgot to take loaves,
DARBY	And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
BBE	And when the disciples came to the other side they had not taken thought to get bread.
Webster	And when his disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

What does Matthew 16:5 mean?

Barnes' Notes

Verse 5. And when his disciples were come to the other side. That is, to the other side of the sea of Galilee. Mark says that he entered into a ship again, and departed to the other side. The conversation with the Pharisees and Sadducees had been on the east of the sea of Galilee. They crossed from that side again to the west.

Had forgotten to take bread. That is, had forgotten to lay in a sufficient supply. They had, it seems, not more than one loaf, Mk 8:14.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 5 Come to the other side - Viz. the coast of Bethsaida, by which our Lord passed, going to Caesarea, for he was now on his journey thither. See Mat 16:13, and Mar 8:22, Mar 8:27.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 16:5-12

Christ speaks of spiritual things under a similitude, and the disciples misunderstand him of carnal things. He took it ill that they should think him as thoughtful about bread as they were; that they should be so little acquainted with his way of preaching. Then understood they what he meant. Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart, opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Matthew 16:5 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532

ἐλθόντεςelthonteshaving comeG2064

οἱhoitheG3588

μαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesG3101

εἰςeistoG1519

τὸtotheG3588

πέρανperanother sideG4008

ἐπελάθοντοepelathontothey forgotG1950

ἄρτουςartousbreadG740

λαβεῖν.¶labeinto take.G2983

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 16:5

Mark 8:13-14
And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
Matthew 15:39
And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

15:39; Mr 8:13,14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Matthew 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Matthew 16:5
And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
Matthew 16:6
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

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Matthew 16:5 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y viniendo sus discípulos de la otra parte del lago, se habían olvidado de tomar pan.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et quand les disciples furent venus à l’autre rive, ils avaient oublié de prendre du pain.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und als seine Jünger an das jenseitige Ufer gekommen waren, hatten sie vergessen, Brote mitzunehmen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et cum venissent discipuli ejus trans fretum, obliti sunt panes accipere.