“ Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. ”
See also Mark 7:17-23 . Then answered Peter, and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable - See the notes at Matthew 13:3 . The word “parable” sometimes means a dark or obscure saying, Ps...
The Washing of Hands and the Traditions of the Elders ( Mark 7:1-23 *). Mt. is again briefer than Mk. He omits the parenthetical explanation Mark 7:3 f. and the technical term Corban, turns the...
Peter. See note on "scribes", &c, Matthew 15:1 . Declare . Expound. See note on Matthew 13:36 .
Matthew 15:15 . And Peter answering said. As the disciples betray excessive ignorance, Christ justly reproves and upbraids them for being still void of understanding, and yet does not fai...
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. Declare unto us this parable - Is it not strange to hear the disciples asking for the explanation of such a parable as this! The t...
Declare unto us this parable— The disciples, not understanding their Master's doctrine concerning meats, desired him, when they came home, to explain it. See Mark 7:17 . He complied, and shewed th...
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. Then answered Peter and said unto him - "when He was entered into the house from the people," says Mark - "Declare unto us...
The Traditions of the Elders. The Canaanitish Woman. Feeding the Four Thousand 1-20. Unwashed hands and the traditions of the elders ( Mark 7:1 ). In this important controversy Jesus defined His p...
Declare unto us this parable. — The answer shows that Peter’s question referred not to the proverb that immediately preceded, but to what seemed to him the strange, startling utterance of Matthew...
Chapter 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1-36 - Matthew 15:1-39 - Matthew 16:1-12 . THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet be...
What Really Defiles Matthew 15:10-20 It is good to study our Lord's list of the sources of soul-pollution. Evil thoughts come first. We cannot prevent an evil suggestion being presented to ou...
The question was not of cleanliness, but of ritual. This washing of hands to remove imaginary evil was a part of the tradition of the elders. Against the binding of such burdens on men our Lord passi...
"And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: (11) Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. (12) Then...
Then answered Peter ,.... Mark says, "his disciples asked him concerning the parable"; which might be by the mouth of Peter; who, probably, being the eldest man, and very forward to speak, was gener...
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. Ver. 15. Declare unto us this parable ] It was no parable, but a plain discourse, and easy to be understood, had not they been...
Peter said, Declare unto us this parable That is, the sentence, maxim, or proverb, mentioned Matthew 15:11 . Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth the man , &c. A declaration very inte...
After the power and grace of the Lord Jesus has wrought so great, refreshing blessing, the cold, barren criticism of scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem is an example of how the deadening principle of...
What Defileth a Man. 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which goeth into the m...
See Poole on " Matthew 15:16 " .
‘And Peter answered and said to him, “Declare to us the parable.” ' That the disciples were wrestling with this problem was understandable. For years they had grown up believing that in general the...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 15:1 . Of Jerusalem. — From Jerusalem (see R.V.). Probably a deputation from the Sanhedrin sent expressly to watch Him. Matthew 15:2 . Transgress the tradition. —The J...
Matthew 15:1 . Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Our Lord had been busily engaged in healing the sick, and now these pettifoggers came round about him to...
Matthew 15:2 . Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? The cabala, or unwritten law, was counted by the pharisees of equal authority with the law itself. Rabbi Aquiba says, he...
EXPOSITION Matthew 15:1-40 Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. ( Mark 7:1-41 .) Matthew 15:1 Then . This is after the third Passover, which whether our Lord attended or not...
Then answered Peter and said unto Him, Declare unto us this parable.
John 16:29 ; Mark 4:34 ; Mark 7:17 ; Matthew 13:36