<p>8:14 <i>And they forgot to take bread; and they did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them</i>- This is the very same Greek phrase used about the Lord &lsquo;taking the bread&rsquo; in the feeding miracles (Mt. 14:19; 15:36). The phrase is used a total of 23 times- here, about the taking of bread in the feeding miracles, and about &lsquo;taking bread&rsquo; at the breaking of bread service. To &lsquo;take bread&rsquo; therefore refers to an act of religious significance- for the &lsquo;taking of bread&rsquo; in the feeding miracles was clearly invested with deeper meaning, as brought out in John 6. The disciples at this point seem to have sensed that there was something significant in &lsquo;taking bread&rsquo;- but they had not figured out what. Because when the Lord warns them about the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees, they assume He is referring to their failure to &lsquo;take bread&rsquo;. Their slowness to understand is really brought out in the record.</p>