Commentaries on Mark 7:5

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Then the Pharisees and Scribes asked him,.... Not the disciples, but Christ himself; for their chief view was to find fault, and quarrel with him: why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashen hands? or "with common", that is, defiled "hands", as in Mr 7:2. So the words are read in Beza's most ancient copy, and in one of Stephens's copies, and in the...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter we have, I. Christ's dispute with the scribes and Pharisees about eating meat with unwashen hands (ver. 1-13); and the needful instructions he gave to the people on that occasion, and further explained to his disciples, ver. 14-23. II. His curing of the woman Canaan's daughter that was possessed, ver. 24-30. III. The relief of a man that was deaf, and had an impediment in his...