Mark 7:1
One day, some Jewish law teachers and some other lawmen came from Jerusalem to check up on what Jesus was doing. Those men that came from Jerusalem were really strong for the Jewish law, and they saw that Jesus' followers did not follow that law. Those Jewish lawmen had lots of rules about washing. One of those rules was about how people had to wash their hands in a special ceremony way before they ate food. And they had to wash their hands in that same way after they came home from the shops. There were other rules too. There was a rule about how to wash cups, billycans, cooking pots and how to wash the chairs they sat on to eat their food. So, when the men from Jerusalem saw that some of Jesus' followers did not wash their hands the right way,
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
In Context
Matthew Henry on Mark 7:1
In this chapter we have, I. Christ's dispute with the scribes and Pharisees about eating meat with unwashen hands ( ver. 1-13 ); and the needful instructions he gave to the people on that occasion, and further explained to his disciples, ver. 14-23 . II. His curing of the woman Canaan's daughter that was possessed, ver. 24-30 . III. The relief of a man that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech, ver. 31-37 . Read the whole commentary →