Mark 7:1

One day some Pharisees and some men who teach the Jewish laws gathered around Jesus. They had come from Jerusalem to investigate him.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

In Context

2The Pharisees and all of the other Jews strictly observe the traditions that their ancestors taught. For example, they refuse to eat until they first wash their hands with a special ritual, especially after they return from buying things in the marketplace. They think that God will be angry with them if they do not do that, because some person or thing unacceptable to God might have touched ◄ them/the things they bought►. There are many other such traditions that they accept and try to obey. Specifically, they wash in a special way their cups, pots, kettles, containers, and beds in order that using these things will not make God reject them.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:1Then some Pharisees and men who taught the Jewish laws came from Jerusalem to talk to Jesus. They said,

Luke 5:17One day when Jesus was teaching, some men from the Pharisee sect were sitting there. Some of them were men who taught the Jewish laws. They had come from many [HYP] villages in Galilee district and also from Jerusalem and from other villages in Judea district. At that time while God was giving Jesus power to heal people,

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 →

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