Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Mark 7:3
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, (c) holding the tradition of the elders.
(c) Observing diligently.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, (c) holding the tradition of the elders.
(c) Observing diligently.
MARK 7:3 pugmh|/ {A} The difficulty of understanding the significance of pugmh|/ (literally “with a [the] fist”) in a context explaining Jewish ceremonial washings prompted some copyists to omit it ...
Verse Mark 7:3. _EXCEPT THEY WASH THEIR HANDS_] πυγμη, the hand to the wrist-_Unless they wash the hand up to the wrist, eat not_. Several translations are given of this word; that above is from Dr....
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)...
There gathered together to Jesus the Pharisees, and some of the experts in the law who had come down from Jerusalem. They saw that some of his disciples ate their bread with hands which were ceremonia...
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. G...
_except they wash their hands oft Oft_, literally, WITH THE FIST. "When they washed their hands, they washed _the fist unto the jointing of the arm_. The hands are polluted, and made clean _unto the j...
ΠΥΓΜΗ͂Ι ([1382][1383][1384][1385][1386][1387][1388]) rather than πυκνά ([1389], Vulg.). [1390] has πυκμη. Syr-Sin. omits. [1382] Codex Alexandrinus. 5th cent. Brought by Cyril Lucar, Patriarch of Cons...
1–13. QUESTIONS OF CEREMONIAL CLEANSING Matthew 15:1-20...
Ver 1. Then came together unto Him the Pharisees, and certain of the Scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2. And when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, the unwashen...
_HUMAN TRADITIONS AND THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN MARK 7:1-13:_ The Scribes and the Pharisees were constant foes of Jesus. Pharisees were a strict religious sect of the Jews. The Scribes copied and taught...
ΠΥΓΜΉ (G4435) _dat. sing._ кулак. _Dat._ может быть модальным ("с кулаком"), с кулаком, вытянутым вперед, в то время как на него льется вода. Это может быть instr. _dat._ (кулак надо было тереть рукой...
EXCEPT THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFT,— Some render it, _up to the wrist._ 'Εαν μη πυγμη νιψωνται. Theophylact translates it, _up to their elbows;_ affirming that the word πυγμη denotes the _whole of the a...
_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...
10. CONFLICT WITH PHARISEES 7:1-23. a. _Conflict over washings 7:1-8_ _TEXT 7:1-8_ And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which had come from Jerusalem,...
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...
43 To fully appreciate the import of this sign, it must be compared with a similar one which occurred some time later. The cumulative contrast cannot be fully seen in an inaccurate version, but is rea...
7:3 diligently, (g-13) Or 'often.' lit. 'with the fist,' a word of very uncertain and contested meaning. ancients; (h-24) Or 'the tradition of the elders.'...
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...
WASH _their_ HANDS OFT] lit. 'wash their hands with the fist.' The Jewish custom was to wash the hands up to the wrist, and that is probably the meaning here, although it is hard to extract it from th...
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 6:53-7:13 (MARK 6:53 - MARK 7:1) UNWASHEN HANDS "And when they had crossed over, they came to the land unto Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.. Making void the word of God by your traditio...
Explanatory statement about Jewish customs, not in Mt. πάντες οἱ Ἰουδ.: the Pharisees, the thorough-going virtuosi in religion, were a limited number; but in this and other respects the Jews generally...
_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...
_Often washing, &c.[1] Some would have the Greek to signify unless they wash up to the elbows, but I think without sufficient grounds. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Crebo, _Greek: ean me pugme. Mr. Bois,...
CHAPTER 34 BAPTIZE NOT ALWAYS A TOTAL SUBMERSION Matthew 15:1-2; Mark 7:1-6. “And the Pharisees and certain ones, the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, are assembled before Him. And seeing certain...
CONTENTS. The _Pharisees assemble to contend with_ CHRIST. JESUS _reproves them. He heals a poor child, and cures one that was deaf and dumb._ THEN came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain o...
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...
FOR THE PHARISEES, AND ALL THE JEWS,.... The far greater part of them; all, excepting the Sadducees; and especially the Pharisees, were very tenacious of this tradition of washing hands before eating:...
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash _their_ hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. Ver. 3. _Except they wash their hands oft_] Or up to the elbow, or with utmost d...
_For the Pharisees, &c., except they wash their hands oft_ Greek, εαν μη πυγμη νιψωνται τας χειρας, _except they wash their hands with their fist:_ or, as some render it, _to the wrist._ Theophylact t...
Traditions of the scribes and Pharisees. Matthew 15:1-20....
CONCERNING CEREMONIAL WASHINGS. The Pharisees find fault:...
FOR THE PHARISEES AND ALL THE JEWS, EXCEPT THEY WASH THEIR HANDS OFT, EAT NOT, HOLDING THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS....
SERMON #1 TITLE: Well Intentioned Dragons TEXT: Mark 7:1-4 PROPOSITION: In every group there are some dragons. QUESTION: Who? KEY WORD: Descriptions READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Every church has t...
OFT: Or, diligently, in the Original, with the fist, Theophylact, up to the elbow...
1-13 One great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's making. Those clean hands and that pur...
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Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI And there are some other things which they have received to hold, washings of cups and pots and brazen vessels and couches."[95]...
Mark 7:3 For G1063 Pharisees G5330 and G2532 all G3956 Jews G2453 not G3756 eat G2068 (G5719) unless...
‘And had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands. For the Pharisees and all the Judaisers do not eat unless they ceremonially wash with the fist, holding...
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...
THE SCRIBES FROM JERUSALEM RETURN TO LEARN SOME HOME TRUTHS (7:1-16). Jesus' continued impact is now brought out by the reappearance of the Doctors of Law from Jerusalem who have come down to investig...
JESUS FACES UP TO THE SCRIBES FROM JERUSALEM AND WARNS THEM AGAINST A FALSE EMPHASIS ON THEIR TRADITIONS INSTEAD OF ON THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD (7:1-8). Here Jesus makes clear that ‘the traditions of t...
Mark 7:3. ALL THE JEWS. Pharisaism had the upper hand. DILIGENTLY, lit., ‘with the fist' The two interpretations now most generally adopted are: (1) Actually ‘with the fist,' as a peculiar ceremony o...
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...
DILIGENTLY (πυγμη). Instrumental case,WITH THE FIST , up to the elbow, rubbing one hand and arm with the other hand clenched. Aleph had πυκνα probably because of the difficulty about πυγμη (kin to...
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...
THEY DO NOT EAT UNLESS THEY WASH. The Law did not require this special form of washing, but the Tradition of the ancestors did require it. The Jewish leaders were so strict about this, that Rabbi Akib...
_Then came together unto Him the Pharisees, and certain of the Scribes._ SCRIBES AND PHARISEES COMING TO CHRIST I. When they came. When Gennesaret turned its heart toward Him. When diseased bodies ha...
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
_Often washing_ : Syr. _betilarth_, i.e., _diligently_ or _carefully_; Gr. _πυγμη̃_, _zealously_; Heb. _caph el cabh_, i.e., _hand to hand_, namely, by constant rubbing, as they do who wish to cleanse...
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 Peter 1:18; Colossians 2:21; Colossians 2:8; Galatians 1:14; Mar
(CF. LUKE 7:2-10)— Is there a mistake in the accounts concerning Jesus and the centurion? PROBLEM: Matthew seems to present the centurion as the one who seeks the help of Jesus (Matthew 8:5); but, Luk...