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Mark 7:14-16. When he had called all the people unto him — See note on Matthew 15:10-11. He said, Hearken unto me, every one of you — As if he had said, Hear how absurd the precepts are which the scribes inculcate upon you, and understand the true differences of things.
1. (1-5) Religious leaders from Jerusalem come to find fault and to ask questions about the failure of the disciples to observe ceremonial washings. Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem.
In replying, Jesus did not explain or justify His disciples’ conduct. Instead He addressed the issue of the source of religious authority (Mark 7:6-13) and the nature of defilement (Mark 7:14-23).
In this chapter we have, I. Christ's dispute with the scribes and Pharisees about eating meat with unwashen hands ( v. 1-13 ); and the needful instructions he gave to the people on that occasion, and further explained to his disciples ( v. 14-23 ).
Jesus shows one example of how the Jewish religionists of His day circumvented the intent and stated laws of the OT by their Oral Traditions. They had cleverly devised many loopholes in their Oral Traditions (cf. Matt. 5:33-34; 23:16-22). SPECIAL TOPIC: CURSE (OT) ÷MARK 7:14-16. NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: MARK 7:14-16
33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
What does Mark 7:14-16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse by Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. ONLINE and FREE
