Mark 7:1

UNTO. Greek _pros._ App-104. PHARISEES. See App-120. FROM. away from. Greek. _apo_ App-104. JERUSALEM. Their head-quarters. Compare Matthew 15:1.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:2

SAW. Greek. _eidon,_ App-133. DEFILED. not ceremonially cleansed. THAT IS TO SAY. Explanation for Gentile readers.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:3

FOR, &c. Mark 7:3 are interposed by the Figure of speech _Parembole_ (App-6). WASH. Greek. _nipto._ App-136. OFT. diligently. Greek. _pugme_. with the fist.. reads _pukna_. often. Syr, reads NOT. Greek. _ou_. App-105. HOLDING. holding fast or firmly. Compare Hebrews 4:14.Revelation 2:25. Implyin... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:4

WHEN THEY COME. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (absolute). App-6. WASH. wash themselves (ceremonially). Greek. _baptizo._ WH. margin read _rhantizo_. sprinkle (ceremonially). See App-136.. WASHING. The ceremonial cleansing effected by means of water (Numbers 8:6; Numbers 8:7). Greek. _baptismos_. the... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:6

ESAIAS. Isaiah. See App-79. OF. concerning. Greek _peri._ App-104., HYPOCRITES. The definition of the word follows. IT IS WRITTEN. it standeth written. THIS PEOPLE, &c. Quoted from Isaiah 29:13. See App-107.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:7

WORSHIP. Greek. _sebomai._ App-137. COMMANDMENTS. injunctions. MEN. Greek plural of _anthropos_. App-123.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:8

LAYING ASIDE. having forsaken. Same word as in Mark 1:18; Mark 1:20. GOD. App-98. OTHER. Greek. _allos_. App-124.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:11

IF. The condition being purely hypothetical. See App-118. CORHAN. a gilt dedicated to God.. Divine supplement, giving the word and then translating it. See notes on Matthew 15:5.Leviticus 1:2.Ezekiel 40:43. BY. from. Greek. _ek._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:13

MAKING. OF NONE EFFECT. Making void, or annulling. Compare Matthew 15:6. THE WORD OF GOD. Notice the Lord's claim here for the Mosaic Law. Greek _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32. YE HAVE DELIVERED. Note the Past Tense, thus identifying them with their forefathers. Compare Matthew 23:35, "ye slew".... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:16

IF ANY MAN. If any one. See App-118 and App-142. Assuming the hypothesis, the result being yet unfulfilled.. WH. omit Mark 7:16. TR and. put it in brackets. But the Structure requires it; and the Syriac has it.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:17

HOUSE. Supply the Ellipsis thus: "house [away] from". HIS DISCIPLES. The third of the three parties addressed in this chapter. See verses: Mark 7:1; Mark 7:14; Mark 7:17. ASKED. began asking. CONCERNING. Greek. _peri._ App-104, as in Mark 7:6.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:18

SO... ALSO. even so. WHATSOEVER THING FROM WITHOUT = all [counted unclean] from without. CANNOT = is not (App-105) able to.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:19

DRAUGHT. sewer. Syriac reads "digestive process". purging all meats. Supply the Ellipsis thus (being the Divine comment on the Lord's words): "[this He said], making all meats clean", as in Acts 10:15. The Syriac reads "carrying off all that is eaten": making it part of the Lord's parable.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:21

EVIL. App-128. Note the Figure _Asyndeton,_ leading up to the climax in Mark 7:23. Note that in the Greek the first seven are plural, and the other six singular, THOUGHTS. reasonings,... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:22

COVETOUSNESS. covetous desires. WICKEDNESS. wickednesses. App-128. DECEIT. guile. LASCIVIOUSNESS. licentiousness. EVIL. App-128. EVIL EYE. Figure of speech _Catachresis._ App-6. Denoting envy, which proceeds out of the heart. BLASPHEMY. evil speaking in general. Matthew 27:39; Romans 3:8; Roma... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:24

WENT. went away. See note on "withdrew", Mark 3:7; Mark 6:31, WOULD. wished to. App-102., NO MAN. no one. KNOW. get to know. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:25

FOR, &c. Connect this with Mark 7:24, as being an evidence why He could not be hid. YOUNG DAUGHTER. Greek. _thugatrion_. little daughter (Dim.) See Ch. Mark 5:23. SPIRIT. Greek. _pneuma._ See App-101. Compare Mark 7:26. AT. towards. Greek. _pros_. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:26

THE WOMAN But (or Now) the woman. GREEK. Gentile, Greek. _hellenis_. Used in. general sense for non-Jewish. SYROPHENICIAN. Phenicia in Syria, to distinguish it from Phenicia in North Africa (Libyo-Phenicia). BESOUGHT. App-134. Not the same word as in Mark 7:22. THE DEVIL. the demon: the spirit o... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:27

JESUS. App-98. LET THE CHILDREN FIRST BE FILLED. This is. summary of Matthew 15:23; Matthew 15:24, and. Divine supplement, here. CHILDREN. Greek. Plural of _teknon._ See App-108. Not the same word as in Mark 7:28. MEET. good, DOGS. little or domestic dogs. Greek. _kunarion._ Dim. of _kuon_. Occ,... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:28

ANSWERED AND SAID. See notes on Deuteronomy 1:41 and on Matthew 15:26, &c. LORD. App-98. B. UNDER THE TABLE. A Divine supplement, here. CHILDREN'S. See App-108. Not the same word as in Mark 7:27.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:29

AND, &c. Verses Mar 29:30 are. Divine supplement, here. FOR. Because, or on account of. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Mark 7:2.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:30

TO. into. Greek. _eos_. App-104. GONE OUT: i.e. permanently (Perf. Tense). HER. the. LAID. thrown; by the convulsion. Compare Mark 1:26; Mark 9:20. UPON. Greek. _epi_. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:32

AND Mark 7:32 are. Divine supplement, here. DEAF. IMPEDIMENT. Not horn deaf, and dumb in consequence; but the impediment may have come through subsequent deafness. He could speak, but with difficulty, through not being able to hear his own voice. Compare Mark 7:35. BESEECH. App-134.; not the same... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:33

MULTITUDE. crowd, same as "people" in Mark 7:14. PUT. thrust. Not the some word as in Mark 7:32. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), particularising each not.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:34

HEAVEN. the heaven. Singular. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10 SIGHS. groaned. EPHPHATHA. An Aramaic word. See App-94.... [ Continue Reading ]

Mark 7:35

STRAIGHTWAY. immediately. See note on Mark 1:10; Mark 1:12. STRING. band. Not. physiological or technical ex pression, but the bond of demoniac influence which is thus indicated. The Papyri contain detailed prescriptions for "binding". man; and cases are particu larly common in which. man's tongue... [ Continue Reading ]

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