Mark 7:4 (BSB)
And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.
Commentary on Mark 7:4
- 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...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 7:4: And when they come from the market,.... In Beza's most ancient copy, and in one of Stephens's, it is read as we supply, "when they come": wherefore this respects not things bought in the market, a sense favoured by all the Oriental versions, for many of them could not be washed; but the persons of the Scribes and Pharisees, who when they came from market...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 7:4: Verse 4. Market. This word means either the place where provisions were sold, or the place where men were convened for any purpose. In this place it probably means the former. Except they wash. In the original, "Except they baptize." In this place it does not mean to immerse the whole body, but the hands only.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Mark 7:4: And [when they come] from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. (d) That is to say, after coming from civil and worldly affairs they do not eat unless they first wash themselves.