38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
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Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. …
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. …
Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 37-54)Christ here says many of those things to a Pharisee and his guests, in a private conversation at table, which he afterwards said in a public discourse in the temple (Matt. 23:1-39); for what he said in public and private was of a piece . He would not say that in a corner which he durst not repeat and stand to in the great congregation; nor would he give those reproofs to any sort of sinners in gen…
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