“ And Jesus said,Are ye also yet without understanding? ”
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...
yet . still. Greek. akmen. Occurs only here.
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Are ye also yet without understanding? - The word ακμη, which we translate yet, should be here rendered still: Are ye still void of understandin...
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Slowness of spiritual apprehension in His genuine disciples grieves the Saviour:...
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...
Are ye also yet without understanding? — The pronoun is emphatic: “Ye, My disciples, who have heard from My lips the spiritual nature of My kingdom, are ye too, like the Pharisees, still such bac...
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...
And Jesus said ,.... As wondering at, and as being displeased with, and as reproving them for their dulness and ignorance: are ye also yet without understanding? you, my disciples, as well as the...
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? Ver. 16. Do not ye yet understand? ] What! not at these years, and after so long standing? Will ye stand till ye wax sour again, and not giv...
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...
Ver. 15,16. Mark saith, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. Peter probably began, the rest followed. Or Peter speaks in the name of the rest, for our Saviour in his answer doth not say,...
‘And he said, “Are you also even yet without understanding?” ' Jesus words are a gentle rebuke to them all. Do they still not understand after all this time. Are they still so bound to ritualistic i...
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...
Jesus explains the parable:
Hebrews 5:12 ; Isaiah 28:10 ; Isaiah 28:9 ; Luke 18:34 ; Luke 24:45 ; Luke 9:45 ; Matthew 13:51 ; Matthew 15:10 ; Matthew 16:11 ; Matthew 16:9 ; Mark 6:52 ; Mark 7:18 ; Mark 8:17 ; Mark...