George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Mark 7:4
Washed: literally, baptized. By beds are not understood night beds, but couches to eat upon, as it was then the custom. (Witham)
Washed: literally, baptized. By beds are not understood night beds, but couches to eat upon, as it was then the custom. (Witham)
MARK 7:4 avgora/j {A} The abruptness of kai. avpV avgora/j eva.n mh. bapti,swntai ouvk evsqi,ousin was relieved by the addition in several witnesses (D W _al_) of o[tan e;lqwsin (“_when they come_ f...
Verse Mark 7:4. _AND_ WHEN _THEY COME_] This clause is added by our translators, to fill up the sense; but it was probably a part of the original: for εαν ελθωσι is the reading of the _Codex Bezae_,...
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:1. Mark 7:1 CAME FROM JERUSALEM - Probably to observe his conduct, and to find matter of accusation against him. Mark 7
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Opposition of the Pharisees. (Mark 7:1 .Matthew 15:1)_ 2. Grace shown to the Syrophenician Woman. (Mark 7:24. Matthew
THE WASHING OF HANDS AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS. This discussion with the Pharisees serves to bring out the antagonism of Jesus to the restrictions which separated Jews from Gentiles. Perhaps fo...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Mark 7:1-4)...
There gathered together to Jesus the Pharisees, and some of the experts in the law who had come down from Jerusalem. They saw that some of his disciples ate their bread with hands which were ceremonia...
WHEN THEY COME. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (absolute). App-6. WASH. wash themselves (ceremonially). Greek. _baptizo._ WH. margin read _rhantizo_. sprinkle (ceremonially). See App-136.. WASHING. The...
_except they wash_ "Wash" here implies complete immersion as contrasted with the mere washing of the hands in Mark 7:3. _pots_ The original word thus translated is one of St Mark's Latinisms. It is a...
ῬΑΝΤΊΣΩΝΤΑΙ ([1391][1392] and 8 cursives) should probably be preferred to βαπτίσωται ([1393][1394][1395][1396]) and other variants. [1397][1398][1399][1400] omit καὶ κλινῶν. [1391] Codex Sinaiticus....
1–13. QUESTIONS OF CEREMONIAL CLEANSING Matthew 15:1-20...
Ver 1. Then came together unto Him the Pharisees, and certain of the Scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2. And when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, the unwashen...
_HUMAN TRADITIONS AND THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN MARK 7:1-13:_ The Scribes and the Pharisees were constant foes of Jesus. Pharisees were a strict religious sect of the Jews. The Scribes copied and taught...
ΒΑΠΤΊΣΩΝΤΑΙ _aor. ind. med. от_ ΒΑΠΤΊΖΩ (G907) погружать. Указание на ритуальное омовение, предписанное иудейским законом (Lane; TDNT; SB, 2:14). W. S. LaSor, "Discovering What Jewish Miqva'ot Can Tel...
_SUMMARY 6:1_7:23 The testimony for Jesus furnished by the preceding section, is based chiefly on the opinions which men formed concerning him. The disciples, though slow and hard of heart to realize...
10. CONFLICT WITH PHARISEES 7:1-23. a. _Conflict over washings 7:1-8_ _TEXT 7:1-8_ And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which had come from Jerusalem,...
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 15:1. The first words of this narrative show that the...
43 To fully appreciate the import of this sign, it must be compared with a similar one which occurred some time later. The cumulative contrast cannot be fully seen in an inaccurate version, but is rea...
EATING WITH UNWASHED HANDS. THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN. HEALING OF A DEAF MAN 1-23. Eating with unwashed hands (Matthew 15:1). See on Mt. 3, 4. A note added by St. Mark for the benefit of his Gentile...
EXCEPT THEY WASH] lit. 'baptise themselves.' The Jews carefully distinguished 'washing' the hands, i.e. pouring water over them, from 'baptising' or dipping them. In Mark 7:3 pouring water over them i...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 7 GOD’S PEOPLE MUST BE DIFFERENT VERSES 1-16 God’s people should not do all the sa...
CHAPTER 6:53-7:13 (MARK 6:53 - MARK 7:1) UNWASHEN HANDS "And when they had crossed over, they came to the land unto Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.. Making void the word of God by your traditio...
ἀπʼ ἀγορᾶς, from market (coming understood = ὅταν ἔλθωσι in [62]), a common ellipsis, examples in Raphel, Kypke, and Bos, _Ell. Gr._, p. 98. ῥαντίσωνται ([63] [64]), they sprinkle. The reading, βαπτίσ...
Explanatory statement about Jewish customs, not in Mt. πάντες οἱ Ἰουδ.: the Pharisees, the thorough-going virtuosi in religion, were a limited number; but in this and other respects the Jews generally...
_Concerning ceremonial ablutions_ (Matthew 15:1-20)....
BREAKING THE BONDS OF TRADITION Mark 7:1-23 The Pharisees laid great stress on ritual. They followed endless rules, both intricate and troublesome, as to ablutions and outward ceremonials. So long as...
In strong and clear language the Master denounced tradition as contrary to the commandment of God. 1. Things from without do not defile, and therefore are not sin. Temptation is not sin. 2. Only tha...
And [when they come] from the (d) market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and (e) pots, brasen vessels, and...
CHAPTER 34 BAPTIZE NOT ALWAYS A TOTAL SUBMERSION Matthew 15:1-2; Mark 7:1-6. “And the Pharisees and certain ones, the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, are assembled before Him. And seeing certain...
CONTENTS. The _Pharisees assemble to contend with_ CHRIST. JESUS _reproves them. He heals a poor child, and cures one that was deaf and dumb._ THEN came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain o...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
The ruling power in exercise among the Jews had shewn itself hostile to the testimony of God, and had put to death the one whom He had sent in the way of righteousness. The scribes, and those who pret...
AND WHEN THEY COME FROM THE MARKET,.... In Beza's most ancient copy, and in one of Stephens's, it is read as we supply, "when they come": wherefore this respects not things bought in the market, a sen...
And _when they come_ from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, _as_ the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of table...
_For the Pharisees, &c., except they wash their hands oft_ Greek, εαν μη πυγμη νιψωνται τας χειρας, _except they wash their hands with their fist:_ or, as some render it, _to the wrist._ Theophylact t...
Traditions of the scribes and Pharisees. Matthew 15:1-20....
TABLES; the word in the original signifies couches, on which they were accustomed to recline at meals....
AND WHEN THEY COME FROM THE MARKET, EXCEPT THEY WASH, THEY EAT NOT. AND MANY OTHER THINGS THERE BE WHICH THEY HAVE RECEIVED TO HOLD, AS THE WASHING OF CUPS, AND POTS, BRAZEN VESSELS, AND OF TABLES....
CONCERNING CEREMONIAL WASHINGS. The Pharisees find fault:...
SERMON #1 TITLE: Well Intentioned Dragons TEXT: Mark 7:1-4 PROPOSITION: In every group there are some dragons. QUESTION: Who? KEY WORD: Descriptions READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Every church has t...
POTS: Or, beds TABLES: Sextarius, is about a pint and an half...
1-13 One great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's making. Those clean hands and that pur...
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Mark 7:4 G2532 from G575 marketplace G58 not G3756 eat G2068 (G5719) unless G3362 wash G907 (G56
‘And had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands. For the Pharisees and all the Judaisers do not eat unless they ceremonially wash with the fist, holding...
JESUS BEGINS TO REACH OUT TO GENTILES (7:1-8:21). At this stage in His ministry Jesus begins to reach out further afield, for from this point on He spends much time preaching in territory which is mai...
THE SCRIBES FROM JERUSALEM RETURN TO LEARN SOME HOME TRUTHS (7:1-16). Jesus' continued impact is now brought out by the reappearance of the Doctors of Law from Jerusalem who have come down to investig...
JESUS FACES UP TO THE SCRIBES FROM JERUSALEM AND WARNS THEM AGAINST A FALSE EMPHASIS ON THEIR TRADITIONS INSTEAD OF ON THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD (7:1-8). Here Jesus makes clear that ‘the traditions of t...
The history of the last year of our Lord's ministry begins here. See notes on Matthew 15:1-20. Mark introduces several independent details: the fact that the opposers came from Jerusalem (Mark 7:1), t...
Mark 7:4. AND FROM THE MARKET. It is doubtful whether this means: when they come from the market, or, what comes from the market. We prefer the former (see below). EXCEPT THEY BATHE, lit., ‘baptize;...
FROM THE MARKETPLACE (απ' αγορας). Ceremonial defilement was inevitable in the mixing with men in public. This αγορα from αγειρω to collect or gather, was a public forum in every town where the peo...
CONTENTS: Jesus rebukes Pharisees. Healing of daughter of Syrophenician woman and a deaf and dumb man. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Pharisees, scribes, disciples, Syrophenician woman, her daughter, deaf man, I...
Mark 7:3. _The pharisees, and all the jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not._ Their traditionary laws, which enjoined all possible corporeal purity, were built on the notion that a person mi...
UNLESS THEY WASH IT FIRST. "Wash" in this verse comes from the same word as "baptize" [BAPTISONTAI in the best manuscripts]. Food from the market, cups, pots, copper bowls and even beds were _immersed...
_Then came together unto Him the Pharisees, and certain of the Scribes._ SCRIBES AND PHARISEES COMING TO CHRIST I. When they came. When Gennesaret turned its heart toward Him. When diseased bodies ha...
WASHING DISHES The washing of cups, and pots. Mark 7:4 (AV). I wonder how many of you like washing dishes? When you were tiny I expect you were proud indeed if mother or the maid allowed you to hel...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 7:1 Conflict arises between the Pharisees and Jesus over the issue of true moral purity. ⇐ ⇔...
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT INNER PURITY MATTHEW 15:1-20; MARK 7:1-23; MATTHEW 15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Mar
_From the market._ Because in the market are all kinds, both of persons and things, clean and unclean, by coming in contact with which they feared they had incurred pollution, and so they thought they...
CHAPTER 7 1 _The Pharisees find fault at the disciples for eating with unwashen hands_. 8 _They break the commandment of God by the traditions of men_. 14 _Meat defileth not the man_. 24 _He healeth t...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 7:3. OFT.—Literally, _with the fist_, hence _vigorously_. The idea is, that the Pharisees had inaugurated an elaborate and painstaking ceremonial, which was now ad...
EXPOSITION MARK 7:1, MARK 7:2 These verses, according to the Greek construction, should run thus: AND THERE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO THE PHARISEES, AND CERTAIN OF THE scribes, which had come from J...
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem (Mark 7:1). They came on up from Jerusalem to the area of Galilee. And when they saw some of his disci...
1 John 1:7; Hebrews 9:10; Isaiah 1:16; James 4:8; Jeremiah 4:14;...
Wash themselves [β α π τ ι σ ω ν τ α ι]. Two of the most important manuscripts, however, read rJantiswntai, sprinkled themselves. See Rev., in margin. This reading is adopted by Westcott and Hort. The...
Washing of cups and pots and brazen vessels and couches — The Greek word (baptisms) means indifferently either washing or sprinkling. The cups, pots, and vessels were washed; the couches sprinkled....
(CF. LUKE 7:2-10)— Is there a mistake in the accounts concerning Jesus and the centurion? PROBLEM: Matthew seems to present the centurion as the one who seeks the help of Jesus (Matthew 8:5); but, Luk...