And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
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Gill's Exposition
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without,.... That is, made clean that which is without, or the outside of the cup and platter;
make that which is within also? does not he make the…
Barnes' Notes
Saw it - Saw that he sat immediately down without washing. Marvelled - Wondered. Was amazed. It was so unusual, and in his view so improper. Had not first washed - He wondered particularly, as he had…
Christ here says many of those things to a Pharisee and his guests, in a private conversation at table, which he afterwards said in a public discourse in the temple (Mt. 23); for what he said in…
Cambridge Bible
he marvelled that he had not first washed Literally, "bathed." No washing was necessary to eat a few dates or figs. At the chief meal of the day, where all dipped their hands into a common dish, it…