Mark 7:1

CHAPTER VII.

The Pharisees find fault with the disciples for eating with

unwashen hands, 1-5.

Christ exposes their hypocrisy, and shows that they had made

the word of God of no effect by their traditions, 6-13.

He shows what things defile men, 14-16;

and teaches his disciples in private, that the sin of the heart

alone, leading to vicious practices, defiles the man, 17-23.

The account of the Syrophoenician woman, 24-30.

He heals a man who was dumb, and had an impediment in his

speech, 31-37.

NOTES ON CHAP. VII.

Verse Mark 7:1. Came from Jerusalem.] Probably for the express purpose of disputing with Christ, that they might entangle him in his talk. Malice and envy are never idle - they incessantly hunt the person they intend to make their prey.