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That he had not first washed before dinner (οτ ου πρωτον εβαπτισθη προ του αριστου). The verb is first aorist passive indicative o…

Saw it. Saw that he sat immediately down without washing.
Marvelled. Wondered. Was amazed. It was so unusual, and in his v…

He marvelled that he had not first washed.—See Notes on Matthew 15:2; Mark 7:3. Here the word “washed” (literally, thou…

Not because Christ's hands needed washing, but because it was the custom of the Pharisees to wash before eating, and our Lord broke through the cus…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: While our Lord was still speaking, a certain Pharisee invited Him to his own house, as it is said,

In a way typical of his use of material, Luke puts the major discourse in the setting of a dinner (cf. 14:1–24) that Jesus himself attended. Having…

And when the Pharisee saw it That Christ laid himself down on one of the couches and began to eat:
he …

We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, …
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson