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Text -- Mark 7:1-5 (NET)
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Breaking Human Traditions
7:1 Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him .
7:2 And they saw that some of Jesus ’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands , that is , unwashed .
7:3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing , holding fast to the tradition of the elders .
7:4 And when they come from the marketplace , they do not eat unless they wash . They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups , pots , kettles , and dining couches.)
7:5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him , “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders , but eat with unwashed hands ?”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Pharisees |
Washing |
Purification |
Tradition |
ABLUTION |
WASHING OF FEET |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C2 |
Government |
Jesus, The Christ |
HOLINESS |
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 1 |
Commandments |
Hands |
Ecclesiasticism |
FRONTLETS, OR PHYLACTERIES |
UNCLEANNESS |
PURITY |
BAPTISM (THE BAPTIST INTERPRETATION) |
Bronze |
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES |
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NET Notes: Mar 7:1 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Mar 7:3 Grk “except they wash the hands with a fist,” a ceremonial washing (though the actual method is uncertain).
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NET Notes: Mar 7:4 Verses 3-4 represent parenthetical remarks by the author, giving background information.
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