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Mark 7:2-4
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Mark 7:2-4
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
2 And having seen some of His disciples, that they are eating their bread with defiled[a] hands, that is, unwashed[b]— 3 for the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands with a fist[c], holding-on-to the tradition of the elders. 4 And they do not eat [when they return][d] from the marketplace unless they cleanse[e] [themselves]. And there are many other traditions which they received to hold-on-to— the cleansing of cups and pitchers and copper-pots and couches[f].
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- Mark 7:2 Or, unclean; that is, not ritually purified from contact with unclean things or people, according to their traditions.
- Mark 7:2 Mark breaks off his sentence here and explains this to his readers, then begins again in v 5.
- Mark 7:3 There are different opinions about the exact procedure in view here. In any case it is a ceremonial washing for which the water is seen in Jn 2:6. Some manuscripts have a different word meaning ‘often’ or ‘thoroughly’.
- Mark 7:4 [when they return]...cleanse [themselves]. Or, [food]...cleanse [it].
- Mark 7:4 This refers to a ritual cleansing, as does the related word in the next verse.
- Mark 7:4 That is, the dining couches on which people of that day reclined to eat.
Mark 7:2-4
New International Version
Mark 7:2-4
New International Version
2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled,(A) that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.(B) 4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[a])(C)
Footnotes
- Mark 7:4 Some early manuscripts pitchers, kettles and dining couches
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