Mark 7:2

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

Complete Jewish Bible:

and saw that some of his talmidim ate with ritually unclean hands, that is, without doing n'tilat-yadayim.

Berean Standard Bible:

and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.

American Standard Version:

and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And{G2532} when they saw{G1492} some{G5100} of his{G846} disciples{G3101} eat{G2068} bread{G740} with defiled{G2839}, that is to say{G5123}, with unwashen{G449}, hands{G5495}, they found fault{G3201}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Acts 10:28

  • And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Matthew 7:3

  • And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Matthew 7:5

  • Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Romans 14:14

  • I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.

Matthew 23:23

  • Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Matthew 23:25

  • Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

Acts 11:8

  • But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

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Commentary for Mark 7:2

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: G2532
    There are 5212 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: καί
    Transliteration: kaí
    Pronunciation: kahee
    Description: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
  2. Strong's Number: G1492
    There are 626 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: εἴδω
    Transliteration: eídō
    Pronunciation: i'-do
    Description: a primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent ὀπτάνομαι and ὁράω; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know:--be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare ὀπτάνομαι.
  3. Strong's Number: G5100
    There are 419 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: τὶς
    Transliteration: tìs
    Pronunciation: tis
    Description: an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
  4. Strong's Number: G846
    There are 3776 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: αὐτός
    Transliteration: autós
    Pronunciation: ow-tos'
    Description: from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
  5. Strong's Number: G3101
    There are 252 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: μαθητής
    Transliteration: mathētḗs
    Pronunciation: math-ay-tes'
    Description: from μανθάνω; a learner, i.e. pupil:--disciple.
  6. Strong's Number: G2068
    There are 55 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἐσθίω
    Transliteration: esthíō
    Pronunciation: es-thee'-o
    Description: strengthened for a primary (to eat); used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by φάγω; to eat (usually literal):--devour, eat, live.
  7. Strong's Number: G740
    There are 91 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἄρτος
    Transliteration: ártos
    Pronunciation: ar'-tos
    Description: from αἴρω; bread (as raised) or a loaf:--(shew-)bread, loaf.
  8. Strong's Number: G2839
    There are 10 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: κοινός
    Transliteration: koinós
    Pronunciation: koy-nos'
    Description: probably from σύν; common, i.e. (literally) shared by all or several, or (ceremonially) profane:--common, defiled, unclean, unholy.
  9. Strong's Number: G5123
    There are 17 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: τουτέστι
    Transliteration: toutésti
    Pronunciation: toot-es'-tee
    Description: contraction for τοῦτο and ἐστί; that is:--that is (to say).
  10. Strong's Number: G449
    There are 35 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἄνιπτος
    Transliteration: ániptos
    Pronunciation: an'-ip-tos
    Description: from Α (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of νίπτω; without ablution:--unwashen.
  11. Strong's Number: G5495
    There are 171 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: χείρ
    Transliteration: cheír
    Pronunciation: khire
    Description: perhaps from the base of χειμών in the sense of its congener the base of χάσμα (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument):--hand.
  12. Strong's Number: G3201
    There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: μέμφομαι
    Transliteration: mémphomai
    Pronunciation: mem'-fom-ahee
    Description: middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to blame:--find fault.