The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 7:14-15
In the Authorized Version the beginning of this verse runs thus: "And when he had called all the people unto him, he said." But according to the best authorities, the adverb πάλιν should be inserted, and the words will run as follows: —And he called to him the multitude again . It is probable that he had waved them from him while he held this discourse with the scribes from Jerusalem. But now he calls the people near to him again, that all might hear that which concerned all alike. It is... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 7:1-23
Parallel passage: Matthew 15:1-20 .— Exposure of Pharisaism: its errors and evils. I. DOCTRINE OF DEFILEMENT . 1 . Contents of this chapter. This chapter contains three principal sections. The first section treats of defilement ; the second gives an account of a demon being expelled from the daughter of a Syro-phoenician woman; and the third narrates the cure of a deaf mute. The first section, again, contains the following:—The charge of defilement which the... read more