Luke 11:38
The Pharisee was amazed when he saw that Jesus did not first perform the ritual washing before the meal.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 15:2“Why do yoʋr disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
John 3:25Now a discussion arose between the disciples of John and a Jew about purification.
Matthew Henry on Luke 11:38-54
Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41… Read the whole commentary →