And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
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Gill's Exposition
And when they come from the market,.... In Beza's most ancient copy, and in one of Stephens's, it is read as we supply, "when they come": wherefore this respects not things bought in the market, a…
See this passage explained in the notes at Mat. 15:1-20. Mar 7:1 Came from Jerusalem - Probably to observe his conduct, and to find matter of accusation against him. Mar 7:2 Defiled hands - The hands…
Adam Clarke
And when they come - This clause is added by our translators, to fill up the sense; but it was probably a part of the original: for εαν ελθωσι is the reading of the Codex Bezae, Vulgate, Armenian, and…
One great design of Christ's coming, was, to set aside the ceremonial law which God made, and to put an end to it; to make way for which he begins with the ceremonial law which men had made, and added…
Cambridge Bible
except they wash "Wash" here implies complete immersion as contrasted with the mere washing of the hands in Mar 7:3.
pots The original word thus translated is one of St Mark's Latinisms. It is a…
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