King James Version
Luke 11:38 in the King James Version says “And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.”
Luke 11:38 · KJV
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. the bright: Gr. a candle by its bright shining
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“when the Pharisee”
G5330a separatist, i.e., exclusively religious; a pharisean, i.e., jewish sectary
“saw”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“he had”
G907to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e., fully wet); used only (in the new testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordi
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