Matthew Chapter 15 verse 1 Holy Bible
Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
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Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
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Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,
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Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
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Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
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Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 1-20. - Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. (Mark 7:1-23.) Verse 1. - Then. This is after the third Passover, which whether our Lord attended or not, has been a matter of some dispute. Moral considerations would make us infer that he was present, fulfilling all righteousness, though there is no direct statement in our narratives on the subject. Came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying. The Sinaitic, B, and some other manuscripts read, Came to Jesus from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees. This, which is virtually the reading of the Revised Version, whether original or not, seems to represent the fact correctly. The bigoted rabbis of the capital, aroused to fresh action by the news of Christ's success in Galilee, send emissaries from Jerusalem to see if they cannot find some cause of offence in the words or actions of this rash Innovator which may give the desired opportunity of crushing him. An occasion offered itself, and was immediately seized.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXV.(1) Scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem.--The presence of these actors on the scene is every way significant. They had been prominent in like accusations. It was by them that our Lord had been accused of blasphemy in forgiving sins (Matthew 9:3), of eating and drinking with publicans and sinners (Matthew 9:11), of disregarding fasts (Matthew 9:14), of casting out devils by Beelzebub (Matthew 12:24), of Sabbath-breaking (Matthew 12:2; Matthew 12:10). It was, we may believe, their presence in the synagogue of Capernaum which led our Lord to adopt (as in John 6:26-65) a form of teaching so unlike the usual tenor of that of His Galilean ministry. And now they return to the charge again with a new and characteristic accusation. . . .
