Mark 7:5 (KJV)

Thou and Ye

thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Scofield Notes

traditioni.e. the so-called "oral law" alleged to have been handed down from Moses; really a traditional interpretation of the written law. See margin ref., (See...

Matthew Henry

The traditions of the eldersOne great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's...

Harmony of the Gospels

§ 67 Our Lord justifies his Disciples for eating with unwashen hands. Pharisaic TraditionsAlso Matthew 15:1–20

Cross References

Matthew 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Mark 2:16–18 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? …
Mark 7:2–3 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. …
Acts 21:21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
Acts 21:24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
Galatians 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
2 Thessalonians 3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

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Topics

Ablution General scriptures concerning
Commandments Of men
Ecclesiasticism Traditional rules of the Jewish
Hand Ceremonial washing of
Jesus, the Christ He justifies his disciples in eating without washing their hands (at Capernaum)
Pharisees The washing of hands
Purification Traditions of the elders concerning
Tradition Commandments of men

Timeline

Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 27–31 · The Ministry of Jesus Christ

Bible Dictionary

PhariseesSeparatists (Heb. persahin, from parash, “to separate”). They were probably the successors of the Assideans (i.e., the “pious”), a party...

Greek and Strong’s

Then Ἔπειτα Epeita ἔπειτα Adverb
the Pharisees οἱ hoi Article · nominative masculine plural Φαρισαῖοι Pharisaioi Φαρισαῖος Noun · nominative masculine plural
and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
scribes οἱ hoi Article · nominative masculine plural γραμματεῖς grammateis γραμματεύς Noun · nominative masculine plural
asked ἐπερωτῶσιν eperōtōsin ἐπερωτάω Verb · present active indicative, third person plural
him αὐτὸν auton αὐτός Pronoun · third person, accusative masculine singular
Why Διὰ Dia Preposition τί ti Pronoun · accusative neuter singular διατί diatí
walk περιπατοῦσιν peripatousin περιπατέω Verb · present active indicative, third person plural
not οὐ ou οὐ Adverb
thy σού sou Pronoun · second person, genitive singular σοῦ soû
disciples οἱ hoi Article · nominative masculine plural μαθηταί mathētai μαθητής Noun · nominative masculine plural
according κατὰ kata κατά Preposition
to the tradition τὴν tēn Article · accusative feminine singular παράδοσιν paradosin παράδοσις Noun · accusative feminine singular
of the elders τῶν tōn Article · genitive masculine plural πρεσβυτέρων presbyterōn πρεσβύτερος Adjective · genitive masculine plural
but ἀλλὰ alla ἀλλά Conjunction
eat ἐσθίουσιν esthiousin ἐσθίω Verb · present active indicative, third person plural
bread τὸν ton Article · accusative masculine singular ἄρτον arton ἄρτος Noun · accusative masculine singular
with unwashen ἀνίπτοις aniptois ἄνιπτος Adjective · dative masculine plural
hands χερσὶν chersin χείρ Noun · dative feminine plural

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