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Mark 7:9
And He said unto them, Full well ye reject the command of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
And He said unto them, Full well ye reject the command of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
MARK 7:9 sth,shte {D} It is most difficult to decide whether scribes deliberately substituted sth,shte (“establish”) for thrh,shte (“keep”), as being the more appropriate verb in the context, or whet...
Verse Mark 7:9. _FULL WELL_] καλωσ , -a strong irony. How noble is your conduct! From conscientious attachment to your own traditions ye have annihilated the commandments of God! _THAT YE MAY KEEP_]...
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 said to them, "You make an excellent job of completely nullifying the command of God in order to observe your own tradition. For Moses said, 'Honour your father and your mother.' And, 'He who speak...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Mark 7:1-4)...
FULL WELL. Same as "Well" in Mark 7:6 REJECT. set aside. KEEP. observe....
ΚΑῚ ἜΛΕΓΕΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ. The insertion of this introductory formula confirms the impression that Mark 7:8 and Mark 7:9 come from two different sources. Syr-Sin. omits the words. ΚΑΛΩ͂Σ. See on John 4:17 a...
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...
ΈΛΕΓΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004). Inch, _impf._, "Он начал говорить" ΚΑΛΏΣ (G2573) хорошо. Здесь используется иронически (BD, 262). ΆΘΕΤΕΪ́ΤΕ (G114) _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΘΕΤΈΩ отодвигать,...
FULL WELL YE REJECT— _Full well ye make of no effect._ The word Καλως, rendered _full well,_ might be rendered _fairly, entirely._ Dr. Heylin renders the clause, _Ye do mighty well indeed to reject,_...
_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...
B. CONFLICT OVER PARENTAL CARE. 7:9-13 _TEXT 7:9-13_ And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy m...
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...
7:9 yourselves (c-23) Or 'your tradition.'...
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...
_The reply of Jesus_. It consists of a prophetic citation and a countercharge, given by Mt. in an inverted order. Commentators, according to their bias, differ as to which of the two versions is secon...
_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...
(5) And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. (5) True religion, which is completely contrary to superstition, consists in spiritual wors...
_Well do you. Christ here speaks by the figure called irony. (Witham)_...
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 HE SAID UNTO THEM,.... He continued his discourse, saying, FULL WELL, or "fairly", YE REJECT THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD, THAT YE MAY KEEP YOUR OWN TRADITION: these words may be considered, as spoken...
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. Ver. 9. _Full well ye reject_] _q.d._ It is finely done of you, is it not? καλως. _Sane, Bene....
_And he said, Full well_ Καλως, _fairly, wholly; ye reject,_ &c. Or, reading the word separately, _Finely_ done! How praiseworthy is your conduct! A strong irony. _Ye reject the commandment of God tha...
Traditions of the scribes and Pharisees. Matthew 15:1-20....
SERMON #1 TITLE: Void the Word TEXT: Mark 7:6-13 PROPOSITION: We can make the Bible void. QUESTION: How? KEY WORD: Methods READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. The Word is powerful (Hebrews 4:12) 2. It i...
REJECT: Or, frustrate...
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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Cyprian Epistle XXXIX The Lord warns us in His Gospel, saying, "Ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may establish your own tradition."[12] Cyprian Treatise I On the Unity of the Church These,...
Mark 7:9 G2532 said G3004 (G5707) them G846 well G2573 reject G114 (G5719) commandment G1785 God...
JESUS ILLUSTRATES HIS POINT FROM A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE (7:9-13). Here Jesus takes one outstanding example of their attitude which may well have had in mind a recent case known to all which had become in...
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...
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 7:9. WELL. Ironical; the same word as in Mark 7:6. YOUR TRADITION. The tradition of the elders was that of ‘men,' and they had made it theirs, living by it, contrary to the laws of God. ‘At the...
FULL WELL DO YE REJECT THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD THAT YE MAY KEEP YOUR TRADITIONS (καλως αθετειτε την εντολην του θεου ινα την παραδοσιν υμων τηρησητε). One can almost see the scribes withering under t...
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...
_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...
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...
2 Kings 16:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Daniel 11:36; Daniel 7:25;...
(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...