Matthew 16 is the sixteenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. Jesus begins a journey to Jerusalem from the vicinity of Caesarea Philippi, near the southwestern base of Mount Hermon. Verse 24 speaks of his disciples "following him". The narrative can be divided into the following subsections: No sign except the Sign of Jonah (16:1–4) The yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees (16:5–12) Peter's confession (16:13–20) Jesus predicts his death (16:21-26) Return of the Son of Man (16:27–28) Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 28 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: Codex Vaticanus (325–350) Codex Sinaiticus (330–360) Codex Bezae (c. 400) Codex Washingtonianus (c. 400) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450) Codex Purpureus Rossanensis (6th century) Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus (6th century; extant verses 1–6) Codex Sinopensis (6th century; extant verses 1–18) Locations Matthew 15 ends with Jesus sending the multitude of his followers away and He and his disciples sail to Magdala (or Magadan) on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. In the Pharisees and Sadducees come to him, presumably in the same location. refers again to travel to "the other side", and verses are set "in the region of Caesarea Philippi". The "other side" of the lake would have been the eastern side. In regard to the statement in verse 5 that they had forgotten to take bread, Joseph Benson suggests that they should have obtained bread before embarking on the western side, noting that in Mark's parallel passage () they had only one loaf with them, whereas Henry Alford and Heinrich Meyer both argue that they should have obtained more supplies when they arrived on the eastern side, because they had a further journey in mind. Caesarea Philippi is the furthest point north referred to in Matthew's Gospel, and marks the turning point from which Jesus and his disciples will travel south to Jerusalem. Pharisees and Sadducees (16:1–12) Verse 1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. The opposition to Jesus' teaching this time came from a coalition of Pharisees and Sadducees, whose theological views and policies were markedly different from each other, but who were forced to co-operate as members of Sanhedrin, the Jewish supreme court. Biblical commentator Dale