Mark 7:1-2

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.


tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

sn See the note on Pharisees in 2:16.

tn Or “and some of the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.