With defiled, that is unwashen hands (κοιναις χερσιν, τουτ' εστιν ανιπτοις). Associative instrumental case. Originally κοινος mean…

Defiled hands. The hands were considered defiled, or polluted, unless they were washed before every meal.

With defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands—the first word means literally common. This came to be associated, as …

The Venerable Bede: The people of the land of Gennesaret, who seemed to be uneducated, not only come themselves but also bring …

Another delegation of fact-finding theologians came down from Jerusalem (cf. 3:22) to investigate the Galilean activities of Jesus. They discovered…

And when they saw some of his disciples
An opportunity soon offered of giving them an handle against him: for observ…

One great design of Christ's coming was to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law o…