King James Version
Mark 7:2 in the King James Version says “And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. ...” — study this verse from Mark chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. defiled: or, common”
Mark 7:2 · KJV
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. defiled: or, common
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. oft: or, diligently: in the original, with the fist: Theophylact, up to the elbow
And when they come from the 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 pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. pots: sextarius is about a pint and an half tables: or, beds
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“when they 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
“of his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“with defiled”
G2839common, i.e., (literally) shared by all or several, or (ceremonially) profane
“hands”
G5495the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by hebraism) a means or instrument)
“eat”
G2068used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by g5315; to eat (usually literal)
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