Matthew 15:2 (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?

Matthew Henry

Jesus discourses about human traditionsAdditions to God's laws reflect upon his wisdom, as if he had left out something which was needed, and which man could supply; in one way or other they...

Thompson Chains

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CeremonialismSee the chain from Mark 7:4 · 3 links
Fault-findingSee the chain from Matthew 9:11 · 5 links
Great FaithLink 6 of 8 · next Matthew 15:28

Harmony of the Gospels

§ 67 Our Lord justifies his Disciples for eating with unwashen hands. Pharisaic TraditionsAlso Mark 7:1–23

Cross References

Luke 11:38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Mark 7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
Mark 7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
Colossians 2:20–23 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, …
1 Peter 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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Topics

Ablution General scriptures concerning
Eating Ablutions before
Ecclesiasticism Traditional rules of the Jewish
Government Legislates in later times
Hand Ceremonial washing of
Hypocrisy The Pharisees
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
Sin Unclassified scriptures relating to, defining and illustrating
Teachers Admonition against
Tradition Commandments of men

Timeline

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

Greek and Strong’s

Why Διὰ Dia Preposition τί ti Pronoun · accusative neuter singular διατί diatí
do thy σου sou Pronoun · second person, genitive singular σοῦ soû
disciples οἱ hoi Article · nominative masculine plural μαθηταί mathētai μαθητής Noun · nominative masculine plural
transgress παραβαίνουσιν parabainousin παραβαίνω Verb · present active indicative, third person plural
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
for γὰρ gar γάρ Conjunction
they wash νίπτονται niptontai νίπτω Verb · present middle indicative, third person plural
not οὐ ou οὐ Adverb
their αὐτῶν autōn αὐτός Pronoun · third person, genitive masculine plural
hands τὰς tas Article · accusative feminine plural χεῖρας cheiras χείρ Noun · accusative feminine plural
when ὅταν hotan ὅταν Conjunction
they eat ἐσθίωσιν esthiōsin ἐσθίω Verb · present active subjunctive, third person plural
bread ἄρτον arton ἄρτος Noun · accusative masculine singular

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0