Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Mark 7:22
thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
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...
He called the crowd to him again and said, "Listen to me, all of you and understand. There is nothing which goes into a man from outside which can render him unclean; but it is the things which come o...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Mark 7:1-4)...
COVETOUSNESS. covetous desires. WICKEDNESS. wickednesses. App-128. DECEIT. guile. LASCIVIOUSNESS. licentiousness. EVIL. App-128. EVIL EYE. Figure of speech _Catachresis._ App-6. Denoting envy, wh...
_covetousness_ "avarices," Wyclif. The original word denotes more than the mere _love of money_, it is "the drawing and snatching to himself, on the sinner's part, of the creature in every form and ki...
ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΊΑΙ. Efforts to get more than one’s due, forms of selfishness; see on 2 Corinthians 9:5 and cf. Luke 12:15; Colossians 3:5. In Romans 1:29
14–23. THE SOURCE OF REAL DEFILEMENT Matthew 15:10-20...
Ver 14. And when he had called all the people unto Him, He said unto them, "Hearken unto Me every one of you, and understand: 15. There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile...
_WHAT REALLY DEFILES A PERSON MARK 7:14-23:_ The desire of Jesus was that the people would listen to and understand His teaching. The thing that defiles a person is not some dirt on their hands or fai...
ΜΟΙΧΕΊΑ (G3430) прелюбодеяние, ΠΛΕΟΝΕΞΊΑ (G4124) алчность, желание иметь больше, часто за счет других (TDNT; NTW, 97-99; LN, 1:291-92). ΠΟΝΗΡΊΑ (G4189) зло, злоба, злобность (Trench, Synonyms). ΔΌΛ...
THEFTS, &C.— _Thefts, avarice, malice, fraud, lasciviousness, envy, slander, pride, vanity:_ Mark 7:23. _All these vices,_ &c. The word 'Αφροσυνη, which our bible translation renders _foolishness,_ st...
C. CONFLICT OVER THE SOURCE OF DEFILEMENT. 7:14-23 _TEXT 7:14-23_ And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand: there is nothing from without the m...
_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...
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...
6-7 Compare Isa_29:13. 6 The religious Jew delighted in forms and ceremonies, pious ejaculations and protracted prayers, yet at heart he was not vitally concerned with the things of God. No better te...
7:22 covetousness, (h-2) Lit. 'covetousnesses.' As 'greedy unsatisfied lust,' Ephesians 4:19 . see Note. Ephesians 5:3 . language, (i-10) Lit. 'blasphemy,' as Ephesians 4:31 ....
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...
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 7 CHAPTER 7:14-23 (Mark 7:14) THINGS WHICH DEFILE "And He called to Him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear Me all of you, and understand: there is nothing from without the man, th...
_Conversation with the disciples_. εἰς οἶκον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου = alone, apart from the crowd, at home, wherever the home, _pro tem_., might be. Whatever was said or done in public became habitually a subj...
_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...
Thefts, (i) covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an (k) evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: (i) All types of craftiness by which men profit themselves at other men's losses. (k) Co...
TRUE RELIGION INTERNAL & SPIRITUAL Matthew 15:10-20; Mark 7:14-23. Matthew: “Calling the multitude to Him, He said to them, Hear and understand. Not that which cometh into the mouth defileth a man; bu...
(14) And when he had called all the people _unto him,_ he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one _of_ you, and understand: (15) There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile...
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...
THEFTS,.... These also are mentioned in Matthew, but Mark omits "false witnesses", and adds the following; which, excepting "blasphemy", are not taken notice of by the other evangelists; COVETOUSNESS...
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: Ver. 22. _An evil eye_] Envious, and rejoicing at the miseries of others, which is the property o...
_When he was entered into the house_ And was apart from the people; _his disciples asked him_ Namely, Peter, in the name of the rest, (Matthew 15:15,) _concerning the parable_ So they term the declara...
Traditions of the scribes and Pharisees. Matthew 15:1-20....
TITLE: Worms in the Apple TEXT: Mark 7:14-23 PROPOSITION: Many sins begin on the inside. QUESTION: Which? KEY WORD: Sins READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. We often excuse sin - someone else led me astra...
14-23 Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrup...
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Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VII I mean blasphemies, evil-speaking, and if there be any other thing of the like nature.[99]...
Mark 7:22 thefts G2829 covetousness G4124 wickedness G4189 deceit G1388 lewdness G766 evil G4190 eye G3788 blasphemy G988 pr
JESUS EXPLAINS HIS MEANING TO THE DISCIPLES (7:17-23). Once they were back in the house that they were staying at the disciples broached the question again and Jesus explained things in more depth to...
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 7:22. COVETINGS, lit., ‘covetousnesses,' grasping, greedy desires, with the attending peculiarities. WICKEDNESSES. ‘Malignities;' evil dispositions. DECEIT. Fraud, as distinguished from actua...
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...
_Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man._ THE TRUE SOURCE OF DEFILEMENT Having rebuked the scribes and Pharisees, our Lord addressed the people, and laid down a...
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
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 Peter 2:15; 1 Peter 5:5; 1 Samuel 18:8; 1 Samuel 18:9; 2 Chron
Wickedness [π ο ν η ρ ι α ι]. Plural. Rev., wickednesses. From ponein, to toil. The adjective ponhrov means, first, oppressed by toils; then in bad case or plight, from which it runs into the sense of...
Wickedness — The word means ill natured, cruelty, inhumanity, and all malevolent affections. Foolishness — Directly contrary to sobriety of thought and discourse: all kind of wild imaginations and ext...