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Human Rules vs. God's Word
Commentators explain that the Pharisees' question sets up the central conflict of this passage. They accused Jesus's disciples of violating the "tradition of the elders," a set of man-made rules that they treated as an authoritative guide for life, sometimes even elevating them above God's actual commandments.
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Charles Ellicott
On Mark 7:5
19th Century
Bishop
With unwashen hands.—The better manuscripts give, “with defiled hands,” the word being the same as before. It was probab…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Mark 7:5
To the question of why his disciples acted as they did, Jesus answered by quoting Isa 29:13, preceded by his own comment: “Isaiah was right when he…
John Gill
On Mark 7:5
17th Century
Pastor
Then the Pharisees and Scribes asked him
Not the disciples, but Christ himself; for their chief view was to find fau…
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Matthew Henry
On Mark 7:1–13
17th Century
Minister
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…