Mat 16:8-12 | RWP | e4.org | Jesus asks four pungent questions about the intellectual dulness, refers to the feeding of the five thousand and uses the word κοφινους ( ) for it and σφυριδας for the four thousand ( ), and repeats his warning ( ). Every teacher understands this strain upon the patience of this Teacher of teachers.

‏ Matthew 16:8-12

Jesus asks four pungent questions about the intellectual dulness, refers to the feeding of the five thousand and uses the word κοφινους (14:20) for it and σφυριδας for the four thousand (15:37), and repeats his warning (16:11). Every teacher understands this strain upon the patience of this Teacher of teachers.

Then understood they ( τοτε συνηκαν ). First aorist active indicative of συνιημ, to grasp, to comprehend. They saw the point after this elaborate rebuke and explanation that by "leaven" Jesus meant "teaching."