Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Mark 7:5
The tradition of the elders — The rule delivered down from your forefathers.
The tradition of the elders — The rule delivered down from your forefathers.
Verse Mark 7:5. _WHY WALK NOT THY DISCIPLES_] See Clarke on Matthew 15:2....
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)...
So the Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, "Why do your disciples not conduct themselves as the tradition of the elders prescribes, but eat bread with hands that are unclean?" He said to t...
ACCORDING TO. Greek. _kata_. App-104....
ΚΑῚ ἘΠΕΡΩΤΩ͂ΣΙΝ ([1401][1402][1403][1404] Latt.) rather than ἔπειτα ([1405][1406][1407][1408]), which is another attempt to mend the construction broken by Mark 7:3-4. ΚΟΙΝΑΙ͂Σ ([1409][1410][1411][141...
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...
ΈΠΕΡΩΤΏΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΕΡΩΤΆΩ (G1905) спрашивать, задавать вопросы о чем-л. (_см._ Mark 5:9). Hist, _praes._ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) χοдить, в_евр._ понимании...
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,...
_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...
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...
7:5 ancients, (a-23) Or 'the tradition of the elders.'...
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 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...
At last we come to the point, the complaint of the jealous guardians of Jewish custom, as handed down from the elders (κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν τ. π.), against the disciples of Jesus, and indirectly against...
_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...
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why (f) walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? (f) Why live they not? This is a Hebrew idiom: fo...
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...
THEN THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES ASKED HIM,.... Not the disciples, but Christ himself; for their chief view was to find fault, and quarrel with him: WHY WALK NOT THY DISCIPLES ACCORDING TO THE TRADITIO...
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? Ver. 5. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 15:2 _"_ _See Trapp on ...
_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....
Formal and hypocritical teachers of religion are prone to add to the commands of God traditions and ceremonies of their own, and to be very anxious that men should observe them, while they neglect his...
CONCERNING CEREMONIAL WASHINGS. The Pharisees find fault:...
THEN THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES ASKED HIM, WHY WALK NOT THY DISCIPLES ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS, BUT EAT BREAD WITH UNWASHEN HANDS? An instance of typical pharisaic pedantry, of delibera...
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...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 7:1...
Mark 7:5 Then G1899 Pharisees G5330 and G2532 scribes G1122 asked G1905 (G5719) Him G846 Why G1302 Your...
‘And the Pharisees and the Scribes ask him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?” ' We can be sure that the Pharisees and S...
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...
Mark 7:5. See on Matthew 15:2....
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...
TRADITION That is, The so-called "oral law" alleged to have been handed down from Moses; really a traditional interpretation of the written law. See margin reference, (_ See Scofield) - (Mark 7:7)....
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...
ASKED JESUS. He was "kicking" their Tradition by ignoring it. See notes on Matthew 15:1-20....
_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 7:5 Scribes are sent from Jerusalem (v. Mark 7:1) to investigate the situation brought about by Jesus’ popularity. EAT WITH DEFILED HANDS. The disciples are not breaking the
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 Thessalonians 3:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Acts 21:21; Acts 21:24;...
(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...