Mark 7:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. They found fault - This is wanting in ABEHLV, nineteen others, and several versions: Mill and Bengel approve the omission, and Griesbach rejects the word. If the 3d and 4th verses be read in a parenthesis, the 2d and 5th verses will appear to be properly connected, without the above clause.

Mark 7:2

2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled,a that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.