Mark 7:1 (BSB)
Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,
Commentary on Mark 7:1
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 7:1-23: One great design of Christ's coming, was, to set aside the ceremonial law which God made, and to put an end to it; to make way for which he begins with the ceremonial law which men had made, and added to the law of God's making, and discharges his disciples from the obligation of that; which here he doth fully, upon occasion of the offence...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 7:1: MARK CHAPTER 7 Verses 1-23. See this passage explained in the Barnes Notes on . and . Verse 1. Came from Jerusalem. Probably to observe his conduct, and to find matter of accusation against him. (l) "Then came together"
- William Burkitt (Anglican), Expository Notes on the New Testament on Mark 7:1: The former part of this chapter acquaints us with the conference or disputation which our Saviour had with the Pharisees about their superstitious observation of the Jewish traditions. These traditions were such rites and customs as were delivered to them by the elders and rulers of the Jewish church in former times: which traditions they valued and regarded more than the express commandments of God.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Mark 7:1: Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. (1) None resist the wisdom of God more than they that should be wisest, and they resist because of their zeal for their own traditions: for men please themselves in superstition more than in any other thing, that is to say, in a worship of God fondly devised by themselves.