Mark 7:8. Yet let go the commandment of God, etc. This verse is peculiar to Mark, ‘setting forth their depreciating of God's command in comparison with human tradition, before their absolute violation of that command in Mark 7:10-11.' (Alford.)

Tradition of men. ‘Men ‘as in contrast to ‘God,' implying that the ‘elders' (Mark 7:5) had no other than human authority. The rest of the verse is to be omitted, according to the best authorities.

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Old Testament