He marvelled that he had not first washed. — See Notes on Matthew 15:2; Mark 7:3. Here the word “washed” (literally, though of course not in the technical sense, baptized) implies actual immersion, or, at least, a process that took in the whole body. Mark 7:4 shows that this was the Pharisaic standard of ceremonial purity.
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Luke 11:38
38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.