And he saith unto them,.... With some warmth of spirit and resentment, at their stupidity:
are ye so without understanding also? As well as others, and to such a degree; and "yet", as Matthew expresses it, Matthew 15:16, so wretchedly stupid, and so long, and as much, as others:
do ye not perceive? common sense will tell you,
that whatsoever thing from, without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; Matthew 15:16.
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)...
He called the crowd to him again and said, "Listen to me, all of you and understand. There is nothing which goes into a man from outside which can render him unclean; but it is the things which come o...
SO... ALSO. even so. WHATSOEVER THING FROM WITHOUT = all [counted unclean] from without. CANNOT = is not (App-105) able to....
ΟὝΤΩΣ ΚΑῚ ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ. As before (Mark 4:13), He expresses surprise at their want of discernment. The position of οὕτως is against its being taken with ἀσύνετοι, “so wanting in discernment,” _tam insipient...
14–23. THE SOURCE OF REAL DEFILEMENT Matthew 15:10-20...
Ver 14. And when he had called all the people unto Him, He said unto them, "Hearken unto Me every one of you, and understand: 15. There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile...
_WHAT REALLY DEFILES A PERSON MARK 7:14-23:_ The desire of Jesus was that the people would listen to and understand His teaching. The thing that defiles a person is not some dirt on their hands or fai...
ΑΣΎΝΕΤΟΣ (G801) непонимающий, непонятливый. Тот, кому не хватает проницательности (Swete). ΝΟΕΊΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΝΟΈΩ (G3539) понимать, постигать....
C. CONFLICT OVER THE SOURCE OF DEFILEMENT. 7:14-23 _TEXT 7:14-23_ And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand: there is nothing from without the m...
_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...
6-7 Compare Isa_29:13. 6 The religious Jew delighted in forms and ceremonies, pious ejaculations and protracted prayers, yet at heart he was not vitally concerned with the things of God. No better te...
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 7 CHAPTER 7:14-23 (Mark 7:14) THINGS WHICH DEFILE "And He called to Him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear Me all of you, and understand: there is nothing from without the man, th...
Here, as in Mark 6:52, Mk. takes pains to make prominent the stupidity and consequent need of instruction of the Twelve. οὕτω καὶ ὑ., etc.: are ye, too, so unintelligent as not to understand what I ha...
_Conversation with the disciples_. εἰς οἶκον ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄχλου = alone, apart from the crowd, at home, wherever the home, _pro tem_., might be. Whatever was said or done in public became habitually a subj...
_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...
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...
(14) And when he had called all the people _unto him,_ he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one _of_ you, and understand: (15) There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile...
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...
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, _it_ cannot defile him; Ver. 18. _Are ye so without underst...
_When he was entered into the house_ And was apart from the people; _his disciples asked him_ Namely, Peter, in the name of the rest, (Matthew 15:15,) _concerning the parable_ So they term the declara...
Traditions of the scribes and Pharisees. Matthew 15:1-20....
Men may take any kind of healthful food without spiritual defilement, whether human traditions allow it or not. If they acknowledge the goodness of God in giving it, and seek his blessing upon it, the...
The explanation to the disciples:...
AND HE SAITH UNTO THEM, ARE YE SO WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING ALSO? DO YE NOT PERCEIVE THAT WHATSOEVER THING FROM WITHOUT ENTERETH INTO THE MAN, IT CANNOT DEFILE HIM;...
TITLE: Worms in the Apple TEXT: Mark 7:14-23 PROPOSITION: Many sins begin on the inside. QUESTION: Which? KEY WORD: Sins READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. We often excuse sin - someone else led me astra...
14-23 Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrup...
Ver. 18-23. Christ checks his disciples for understanding things no better. Ignorance is more excusable in those who are strangers to God and Christ than in those that have relation to him. In our Sav...
Mark 7:18 So G2532 said G3004 (G5719) them G846 Are G2075 (G5748) you G5210 thus G3779 understanding...
JESUS EXPLAINS HIS MEANING TO THE DISCIPLES (7:17-23). Once they were back in the house that they were staying at the disciples broached the question again and Jesus explained things in more depth to...
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...
‘And he says to them, “Are you also so without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever from without goes into a man cannot defile him, because it does not go into his heart, but into his stom...
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...
ARE YE SO WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING ALSO? (Hουτως κα υμεις ασυνετο εστε;). See on Matthew 15:16. You also as well as the multitude. It was a discouraging moment for the great Teacher if his own chosen p...
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...
_Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man._ THE TRUE SOURCE OF DEFILEMENT Having rebuked the scribes and Pharisees, our Lord addressed the people, and laid down a...
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...
1 Corinthians 3:2; Hebrews 5:11; Isaiah 28:10; Isaiah 28:9; Jeremiah
So. So unintelligent as not to understand what I uttered to the crowd....