transgress. Greek. parabaino. App-128.
the elders. Greek. presbuteroi. Always used in the Papyri officially, not of age (old men), but of communal officers and heathen priests.
wash not. To wash before eating is still. rigorous custom in Palestine. See App-136.
bread. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of food.