Expositor's Bible Commentary - Mark 7:1-13
6CHAPTER 6:53-7:13 (Mark 6:53-56 - Mark 7:1-13)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 tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do." Mark 6:53-56 - Mark 7:1-13 (R.V.)THERE is a condition of mind which readily accepts the temporal blessings of religion, and yet neglects, and perhaps despises, the spiritual truths which they ratify and seal. When Jesus landed on... read more
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Mark 7:1-37
Mark 7:31 Any one associated with Lord Aberdeen might always rest assured that he was safe in his hands. When our law did not allow prisoners the benefit of counsel, it was commonly said that the judge was counsel for the prisoner. Lord Aberdeen was always counsel for the absent. Doubtless he had pondered much upon the law, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. It had entered profoundly into his being, and formed a large part of it. Gladstone, quoted in Morley's Life, II. pp. 639, 640).... read more