John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 5. When his disciples were come to the other side , etc.] Of the sea, as Munsters Hebrew Gospel adds, to Bethsaida, ( Mark 8:22) as they were either in the ship, or going from the shore to the said place, they recollected themselves, that they had forgotten to take bread : having but one loaf, as Mark says, in the ship; the seven baskets of fragments being either expended, or given away to the poor, of their own accord, or by Christs orders. It seems, it was usual with the disciples to buy food at places most proper, and carry with them; since Christ often went into deserts and mountainous places, where provisions could not be had. This their forgetfulness to act according to their wonted method, might arise either from their being intent upon Christs conversation with the Pharisees, and Sadducees, or from the suddenness of Christs departure.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-12 - Christ speaks of spiritual things under a similitude, and the disciple misunderstand him of carnal things. He took it ill that they shoul think him as thoughtful about bread as they were; that they should be so little acquainted with his way of preaching. Then understood the what he meant. Christ teaches by the Spirit of wisdom in the heart opening the understanding to the Spirit of revelation in the word.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ ελθοντες 2064 5631 V-2AAP-NPM οι 3588 T-NPM μαθηται 3101 N-NPM αυτου 846 P-GSM εις 1519 PREP το 3588 T-ASN περαν 4008 ADV επελαθοντο 1950 5633 V-2ADI-3P αρτους 740 N-APM λαβειν 2983 5629 V-2AAN
Robertson's NT Word Studies
16:5 {Came} (elqontes). Probably= "went" as in #Lu 15:20 (ire, not venire). So in #Mr 8:13 apelqen. {Forgot} (epelaqonto). Perhaps in the hurry to leave Galilee, probably in the same boat by which they came across from Decapolis.
