Mark 7:6

“He answered and said unto them, etc..] Matthew postpones the following citation and application of the prophecy of Isaiah, to the account of the command of God being broken by the tradition of Corban; which Mark makes the answer of Christ to begin with: well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites; which in Matthew is read, “ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you”, (<401507>Matthew 15:7); to the same sense as here: for the prophecy of Isaiah not only described the hypocrites of his time, but had respect chiefly to the Jews in succeeding ages, in the times of Christ, and both before and after; when they would, as they did, greatly degenerate, and lost the power and spirituality of…”

“See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:1-20. Mark 7:1 Came from Jerusalem - Probably to observe his conduct, and to find matter of accusation against him. Mark 7:2 Defiled hands - The hands were considered defiled or polluted unless they were washed previous to every meal. Mark 7:3 Except they wash their hands oft - Our word “oft” means frequently, often. The Greek wore translated oft has been rendered various ways. Some have said that it means “up to the wrist” - unless they wash their hands up to the wrist. Others have said up to the elbow.” There is evidence that the Pharisees had some such foolish rule as this about washing, and it is likely that they practiced it…”

“Isa 29:13. Mark 7:10”

“7:6-8 Jesus first responds by quoting Isa 29:13 (Greek version), which deals with the farce of equating man-made ideas with God’s commands. It describes well the situation in which the Pharisees had substituted their human tradition for God’s law.”

“Well: Isa 29:13; Mat 15:7-9; Act 28:25 hypocrites: Mat 23:13-15; Luk 11:39-44 honoureth: Eze 33:31; Hos 8:2, Hos 8:3; Joh 5:42, Joh 8:41, Joh 8:42, Joh 8:54, Joh 8:55, Joh 15:24; Ti2 3:5; Tit 1:16; Jam 2:14-17 Mark 7:7”