Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 15:17
Are ye also yet without understanding — How fair and candid are the sacred historians? Never concealing or excusing their own blemishes.
Are ye also yet without understanding — How fair and candid are the sacred historians? Never concealing or excusing their own blemishes.
Verse Matthew 15:17. _CAST OUT INTO THE DRAUGHT_] εις αφεδωνα, [Anglo-Saxon]. _And beeth into the forthgoing a sent _- what is not fit for nourishment is evacuated; is thrown into the sink. This I be...
See also Mark 7:17. THEN ANSWERED PETER, AND SAID UNTO HIM, DECLARE UNTO US THIS PARABLE - See the notes at Matthew 13:3. The word “parable” sometimes means a dark or obscure saying,...
3. THE CORRUPTION OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES; THE CANAANITISH WOMAN AND HER FAITH; THE MULTITUDES HEALED. CHAPTER 15 1. The Question of the Scribes and Pharisees.(Matthew 15:1 .) 2. His Answer. (M...
THE WASHING OF HANDS AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS (Mark 7:1 *). Mt. is again briefer than Mk. He omits the parenthetical explanation Mark 7:3 f. and the technical term Corban, turns the statement...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN (Matthew 15:1-9)...
Jesus called the crowd and said to them: "Listen and understand. It is not that which goes into the mouth which defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, that defiles a man." Then his disciples...
IN AT. into. Greek. _eis._ App-104. DRAUGHT. sewer, or sink. Greek. _aphedron,_. Macedonian word....
Matthew 15:1-20. The True Religion and the False. A Discourse to the Pharisees, the People, and the Disciples Mark 7:1-23 These twenty verses sum up the great controversy of the N. T., that between...
THE TRUE RELIGION AND THE FALSE. A DISCOURSE TO THE PHARISEES, THE PEOPLE, AND THE DISCIPLES Mark 7:1-23 These twenty verses sum up the great controversy of the N.T., that between the religion of the...
Ver 15. Then answered Peter and said unto him, "Declare unto us this parable." 16. And Jesus said, "Are ye also yet without understanding? 17. Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at...
_A CHANGE OF HEART IS NEEDED MATTHEW 15:1-20:_ Through traditions the Pharisees were transgressing God's law. They were beautiful on the outside but they needed a change of heart on the inside. (Matth...
ΝΟΕΊΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΝΟΈΩ (G3539) понимать, усваивать, разбираться в чем-л. после тщательных раздумий и размышлений (LN, 1:380). Ind. используется в вопросе, на который ожидается ответ "да" Ε...
SECTION 36 JESUS DEBATES WITH JERUSALEM PHARISEES ABOUT THE ELDERS-' TRADITIONS (Parallel: Mark 7:1-23) TEXT: 15:1-20 1 Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, 2 Why d...
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? DO NOT YE YET UNDERSTAND, THAT WHATSOEVER ENTERETH IN AT THE MOUTH ... Fam...
THE TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS. THE CANAANITISH WOMAN. FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND 1-20. Unwashed hands and the traditions of the elders (Mark 7:1). In this important controversy Jesus defined His positio...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 15 The three sections of chapter 15 show Jesus’ attitude to people who were not *Jews. He wanted them to be happy with the good news...
IS CAST OUT INTO THE DRAUGHT. — The word is used in its old English meaning, as equivalent to drain, sewer, cesspool (see 2 Kings 10:27). St. Mark (Mark 7:19) adds the somewhat perplexing words, “purg...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
_Washing of hands_ (Mark 7:1-23)....
_Interpretation of saying_ in Matthew 15:11....
ἀφεδρῶνα : here only, probably a Macedonian word = _privy_; a vulgar word and a vulgar subject which Jesus would gladly have avoided, but He forces Himself to speak of it for the sake of His disciples...
WHAT REALLY DEFILES Matthew 15:10-20 It is good to study our Lord's list of the sources of soul-pollution. _Evil thoughts_ come first. We cannot prevent an evil suggestion being presented to our mind...
The question was not of cleanliness, but of ritual. This washing of hands to remove imaginary evil was a part of the tradition of the elders. Against the binding of such burdens on men our Lord passio...
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...
"And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: (11) Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. (12) Then...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
chapter 15 displays man and God, the moral contrast between the doctrine of Christ and that of the Jews; and thus the Jewish system is rejected morally by God. When I speak of the system, I speak of t...
DO NOT YE UNDERSTAND,.... You must understand, you cannot be so ignorant, THAT WHATSOEVER ENTERETH IN AT THE MOUTH, GOETH INTO THE BELLY, AND IS CAST OUT INTO THE DRAUGHT? that is, that whatsoever fo...
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? Ver. 17. _Whatsoever entereth in at the mouth_] In nature, _Animantis cuiusq...
_Peter said, Declare unto us this parable_ That is, the sentence, maxim, or proverb, mentioned Matthew 15:11. _Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth the man_, &c. A declaration very intelligibl...
Jesus explains the parable:...
DO NOT YE YET UNDERSTAND THAT WHATSOEVER ENTERETH IN AT THE MOUTH GOETH INTO THE BELLY, AND IS CAST OUT INTO THE DRAUGHT?...
After the power and grace of the Lord Jesus has wrought so great, refreshing blessing, the cold, barren criticism of scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem is an example of how the deadening principle of...
10-20 Christ shows that the defilement they ought to fear, was not from what entered their mouths as food, but from what came out of their mouths, which showed the wickedness of their hearts. Nothing...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 15:20"....
Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus And if he saw her eating, it is manifest that she was partaker of a body subject to corruption. "For everything going in at the mouth, is cast out into th...
Matthew 15:17 Do G3539 not G3768 understand G3539 (G5719) that G3754 whatever G3956 enters G1531 (G5740)...
“Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the digestive system, and is cast out into the draught?” So His disciples need to recognise that when something is eaten it goes thro...
Only Matthew and Mark narrate the events recorded in this chapter. The discourse at Capernaum (John 6:22-71), respecting the manna from heaven, followed the feeding of the five thousand. The Passover,...
Matthew 15:17. PERCEIVE YE NOT? The truth affirmed was one easy to be perceived by the spiritually minded INTO THE DRAUGHT _,i.e.,_ ‘drain, sink, or privy.' The thought of the verse (especially when...
PERCEIVE YE NOT? (ου νοειτε). Christ expects us to make use of our νους, intellect, not for pride, but for insight. The mind does not work infallibly, but we should use it for its God-given purpose...
Matthew 15:13. _But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up._ He had not any peculiar tenderness towards them, they were no plants of his Fathe...
Matthew 15:10. _And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man._...
Matthew 15:1. then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread....
Matthew 15:1. _Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,_ Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, and now these pettifoggers came round about him to try...
CONTENTS: Scribes and Pharisees rebuked. Syrophonecian's daughter healed. The multitude healed. 4000 fed. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, (disciples), Syrophonecian woman, her daughter. CONCLUSION: The Ch...
Matthew 15:2. _Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?_ The cabala, or unwritten law, was counted by the pharisees of equal authority with the law itself. Rabbi Aquiba says, he wh...
16-17. JESUS SAID TO THEM. His disciples still cannot think in spiritual terms. The things eaten, pass through the body and are expelled. Such things cannot defile the soul....
_For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts._ OUR EVIL THOUGHTS I. When may your thoughts be counted voluntary, and we be truly and justly answerable for then? 1. When evil thoughts are plainly occ...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 15:17 WHATEVER GOES INTO THE MOUTH. See note on Mark 7:19. ⇐...
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 15 _Then there came to Him_, &c. The Scribes of Jerusalem, as being at the very fountain head of faith and religion, arrogated to them selves the right of censuring the doctrine of new teache...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 15:1. OF JERUSALEM.—_From_ Jerusalem (see R.V.). Probably a deputation from the Sanhedrin sent expressly to watch Him. Matthew 15:2. TRANSGRESS THE TRADITION.—The Jews attach...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 15:1 _Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. _(Mark 7:1.) MATTHEW 15:1 THEN. This is after the third Passover, which wheth
Then came to Jesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were from Jerusalem (Matthew 15:1), Hey, these guys had come a long way to challenge Him. They came all the way from Jerusalem clear up to Galilee, whi...
1 Corinthians 6:13; 2 Kings 10:27; Colossians 2:21; Colossians 2:22;...