Mark 7:1-37

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Mark 7:31-37

CHAPTER 7:31-37 (Mark 7:31-37)THE DEAF AND DUMB MAN"And again He went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis. And they bring unto Him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech Him to lay His hand upon him. And He took him aside from the multitude privately, and put His fingers into his ears, and He spat, and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, He sighed, and saith unto... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Mark 7:1-37

Chapter 7 1. The Opposition of the Pharisees. (Mark 7:1-23 .Matthew 15:1-20; Matthew 15:1-20 ) 2. Grace shown to the Syrophenician Woman. (Mark 7:24-30 . Matthew 15:21-28 ) 3. The healing of the deaf man. (Mark 7:31-37 . Matthew 15:29-31 .) 1. The Opposition of the Pharisees. Mark 7:1-23 This paragraph is of much importance. The scope of the analysis forbids a full annotation, but we refer the reader to the exposition of Matthew 15:1-20 , the parallel passage. The Servant in His divine... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Mark 7:1

7:1 Then {1} 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. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Mark 7:2

7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples {a} eat bread with {b} defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.(a) Literally, "eat bread": an idiom which the Hebrews use, understanding bread to represent every type of food.(b) For the Pharisees would not eat their food with unwashed hands, because they thought that their hands were defiled with the common handling of things; Matthew 15:11-12 . read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Mark 7:3

7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, {c} holding the tradition of the elders.(c) Observing diligently. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Mark 7:4

7:4 And [when they come] from the {d} 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 {e} 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.(e) By these words are understood all types of vessels which we use daily. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Mark 7:5

7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why {f} walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?(f) Why live they not? This is a Hebrew idiom: for among them the "way" is taken for "lifestyle". read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Mark 7:6

7:6 {2} He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me.(2) Hypocrisy is always joined with superstition. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Mark 7:7

7:7 {3} Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.(3) The more earnest the superstitious are, the more mad they are in promising themselves God’s favour because of their deeds. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Mark 7:8

7:8 {4} For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, [as] the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.(4) The deeds of superstitious men not only do not fulfil the law of God (as they blasphemously persuaded themselves) but these deeds utterly take away God’s law. read more

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