Mark 7:11| And
| For vv. 1-23, see notes in Matt. 15:1-20.
Mark 7:1a| Pharisees| vv. 1-23: Matt. 15:1-20
Mark 7:1b| Jerusalem| Mark 3:22
Mark 7:21| had
| Some MSS read, seeing…unwashed, they found fault.
Mark 7:2a| unwashed| Luke 11:38
Mark 7:31| carefully
| Lit., with the fist.
Mark 7:3a| tradition| Gal. 1:14;| Col. 2:8
Mark 7:32| elders
| I.e., ancients, people of the previous generations.
Mark 7:41| wash
| Lit., baptize. Some MSS have, sprinkle.
Mark 7:4b| dipping| Heb. 9:10;| Matt. 23:25;| Luke 11:39
Mark 7:42|
| Some MSS add, and couches.
Mark 7:51| Pharisees
| See note 61 in ch. 2.
Mark 7:61| hypocrites
| See note 22 in Matt. 6.
Mark 7:6a| This| Isa. 29:13
Mark 7:6b| lips| cf. Ezek. 33:31
Mark 7:71| worship
| Revere. The feeling of awe or devotion is stressed.
Mark 7:7a| men| Col. 2:22;| cf. Titus 1:14
Mark 7:81|
| Some MSS add, the dipping of pitchers and cups and many other such similar things you do.
Mark 7:91a| set| Luke 7:30
| The result of the keeping of tradition is the setting aside of the commandment of God. Furthermore, tradition causes people to set aside the commandment of God “nicely”!
Mark 7:10a| Honor| Exo. 20:12;| Deut. 5:16
Mark 7:10b| He| Exo. 21:17;| Lev. 20:9;| Prov. 20:20
Mark 7:101| let
| Lit., let him decease by death. See note 43 in Matt. 15.
Mark 7:111| corban
| For the Hebrew word qorban, meaning an offering. Signifying anything offered to God.
Mark 7:11a| gift| Lev. 1:2
Mark 7:13a| many| Mark 7:4
Mark 7:14a| understand| Matt. 13:51
Mark 7:151| defile
| Make him common, unclean (Acts 11:8). So in the succeeding verses.
Mark 7:161| If
| Some MSS omit this verse.
Mark 7:17a| house| Mark 7:24;| 3:20;| 9:28
Mark 7:17b| parable| Matt. 13:36
Mark 7:18a| understanding| Mark 8:17
Mark 7:19a| stomach| 1|Cor. 6:13
Mark 7:19b| clean| Luke 11:41;| Acts 10:15;| 11:9;| Rom. 14:20
Mark 7:20a| defiles| James 3:6
Mark 7:21a| heart| Gen. 8:21;| Matt. 9:4;| 12:34
Mark 7:21b| murders| Exo. 20:13
Mark 7:22a| Adulteries| Exo. 20:14;| Matt. 5:27-28;| 1|Cor. 6:9
Mark 7:22b| covetousness| Exo. 20:17;| 1|Cor. 5:11;| 6:10
Mark 7:221| deceit
| Or, guile.
Mark 7:222| envy
| Lit., a wicked eye. A Semitic expression referring to the eye that intends to do evil and, by extension, to hostility, jealousy, or envy.
Mark 7:22c| blasphemy| Col. 3:8
Mark 7:231| wicked
| The wicked things that proceed from within are the evil issues of man’s fallen and sinful nature (v. 21; Rom. 7:18).
Mark 7:241| And
| For vv. 24-30, see notes in Matt. 15:21-28.
Mark 7:24a| went| vv. 24-30: Matt. 15:21-28
Mark 7:24b| Tyre| Mark 7:31
Mark 7:242| and
| Some MSS omit, and Sidon.
Mark 7:24c| house| Mark 7:17
Mark 7:243| no
| The Lord never wanted publicity for Himself.
Mark 7:25a| unclean| Mark 1:23
Mark 7:25b| immediately| Mark 6:54;| 7:35
Mark 7:26a| Greek| John 12:20;| 1|Cor. 12:13
Mark 7:261| Syrophoenician
| Syrian by tongue, Phoenician by race (cf. Acts 21:2-3). Since the Phoenicians were descendants of the Canaanites, she was a Canaanite woman (Matt. 15:22). What made her a Greek—religion, marriage, or some other factor—is difficult to determine.
Mark 7:27a| First| Acts 3:26;| Rom. 1:16
Mark 7:27b| children| cf. Exo. 4:22;| Deut. 32:6;| 1|Chron. 29:10;| Isa. 63:16;| 64:8
Mark 7:27c| bread| John 6:35, 48
Mark 7:271| little
| Pet dogs, house dogs.
Mark 7:27d| dogs| Matt. 7:6
Mark 7:28a| table| Luke 16:21
Mark 7:29a| go| John 4:50
Mark 7:291| demon
| See note 231 in ch. 1.
Mark 7:31a| came| vv. 31-37: Matt. 15:29-31
Mark 7:31b| Tyre| Mark 7:24
Mark 7:311c| Galilee| Matt. 4:18;| John 6:1
| See note 291 in Matt. 15.
Mark 7:312d| Decapolis| Mark 5:20
| A district of ten cities.
Mark 7:321| one
| Signifying one who is spiritually deaf and dumb, unable to hear the voice of God and to praise Him (Isa. 35:6) and speak for Him (Isa. 56:10). The dumbness of such a person is due to his deafness. The Slave-Savior’s healing salvation is well able to heal the deafness and dumbness of such a one, first by dealing with his ears and then by touching his tongue.
Mark 7:32a| deaf| Isa. 35:5-6;| 43:8-9
Mark 7:32b| spoke| cf. Matt. 9:32;| Luke 11:14
Mark 7:32c| lay| Mark 5:23
Mark 7:331| put
| Or, thrust. The Slave-Savior’s thrusting of His fingers into the deaf one’s ears signifies His dealing with his hearing organ (cf. Isa. 50:4-5; Job 33:14-16), and His touching of his tongue with His spittle signifies His anointing of the dumb one’s speaking organ with the word that proceeds out of His mouth. This was a healing (see note 311 in ch. 1).
Mark 7:33a| spat| Mark 8:23;| John 9:6
Mark 7:34a| looking| Mark 6:41
Mark 7:34b| groaned| Mark 8:12;| John 11:33, 38
Mark 7:341| Ephphatha
| Aramaic.
Mark 7:35a| immediately| Mark 7:25;| 8:10
Mark 7:361| not
| See note 441 in ch. 1.
Mark 7:36a| anyone| Mark 5:43;| 9:9;| Matt. 8:4
Mark 7:36b| proclaimed| Mark 1:45
Mark 7:37a| astounded| Mark 6:51;| 10:26