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Mark 7:2 KJV
Mark · chapter 7 · verse 2
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.Mark 7:2 · King James Version
Mark 7:2 in context
1Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
4And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- disciplesmathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- unwashenaniptosunwashedG449 →
- defiledkoinoscommon, commonG2839 →
- breadartosfood composed of flour mixed with water and baked, the Israelites made it in the form of…G740 →
- handscheirby the help or agency of any one, by means of any one, fig. applied to God symbolising…G5495 →
- saweidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
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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 to the law of God's making, and discharges his disciples from the obligation of that;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-23