Mark 7:9

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 7:1-23

Mark 7:1-Isaiah : . 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 for this reason it is associated with the story of the Syro-Phœ nician woman. In substance it is connected with the disputes recorded in chs. 2f. The Jerusalem scribes of Mark 3:22 reappear in Mark 7:1. Into the original story some explanations are inserted, e.g. the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 7:1-13

See Poole on "Matthew 15:1", and following verses to Matthew 15:9. By the notion of traditions, our Saviour understandeth not such things as were delivered to them by God in his law, but such things as were delivered to them by the elders, that is, their rulers in the church in the former times; for, Mark 7:9, he opposeth traditions to God’s commandments, and said the latter were neglected by their zeal for the former: to give countenance to which traditions, as the papists would impose upon us... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 7:1-23

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 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 adopted by the whole body of the Jews. The Evangelist may possible mean, that it was actually a part of the prescribed ritual to keep the one hand closed while the other was being rubbed with it.Mark 7:4. Wash.—Either βαπτίσωνται, take a bath, or ῥαντίσωνται, sprinkle water over themselves. Have received to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 7:1-37

Chapter 7Then 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 disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen hands, they found fault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 7:1-37

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 might unconsciously have touched something unclean. They washed their hands as far as the wrist, literally the fist. It is some credit to revelation that those were laws of tradition, imposed as maxims of the wise. Yet we cannot deny, that they obtained in various forms through the whole of Shem’s... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 7:1-16

Mark 7:1-16Then came together unto Him the Pharisees, and certain of the Scribes.Scribes and Pharisees coming to ChristI. When they came. When Gennesaret turned its heart toward Him. When diseased bodies had felt the virtue of His touch, and imprisoned souls had been set free by His word. Then. As soon as ever the Church’s Child was born, the devil sought to drown Him (Revelation 12:1-17).II. Who they were that came. Pharisees and scribes. The learned and the religious. These two classes have... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 7:9

9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. Ver. 9. Full well ye reject ] q.d. It is finely done of you, is it not? καλως . Sane, Bene. Ironice; ye are wise men therewhile. This was check to their masterships. Sapientes sapienter in infernum descendent, saith a father. The world’s wizards have not wit enough to escape hell. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Mark 7:9

Full: 2 Kings 16:10-Nehemiah :, Isaiah 24:5, Isaiah 29:13, Jeremiah 44:16, Jeremiah 44:17, Daniel 7:25, Daniel 11:36, Matthew 15:3-Joshua :, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 reject: or, frustrate, Mark 7:13, Psalms 119:126, Romans 3:31, Galatians 2:21 Reciprocal: Genesis 45:11 - General 1 Kings 18:27 - Elijah Ecclesiastes 7:29 - they Habakkuk 1:4 - the law Mark 14:41 - Sleep Ephesians 6:2 - General James 2:19 - thou doest read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 7:1-23

§ 66. DEBATE WITH THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES IN REGARD TO TRADITIONS, Mark 7:1-23 . (See notes on Matthew 15:1-20.) read more