John Gill's Exposition on Mark 2:18

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast, etc..] Or “were fasting”; perhaps that very day, and so were the more displeased at this entertainment, Matthew had made for Christ and his disciples, and at their being at it; or fasting was usual with them: they fasted often, both John's disciples, and the disciples of the Pharisees, or the Pharisees themselves; so the Vulgate Latin reads: of their frequent fasting, (see Gill on “<400914>Matthew 9:14”), and they came: both the disciples of John, (<400914>Matthew 9:14), and the Scribes and Pharisees, (<420530>Luke 5:30,33), and say unto him, why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? (see Gill on “<400914>Matthew 9:14”).

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