_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 7:3. OFT.—Literally, _with the fist_, hence _vigorously_. The idea is, that the Pharisees had inaugurated an elaborate and painstaking ceremonial, which was now adopted by the whole body of the Jews. The Evangelist may possible mean, that it was actually a part... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 7:24. TYRE AND SIDON.—Great commercial cities in Phœnicia. Tyre is mentioned in 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 9:11; 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 16:31: Sidon in Genesis 10:19; Joshua 11:8; Judges 1:31. Apparently Christ did not actually go into Phœnicia, but into the adjace [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 7:31. For true reading see R. V. _Through Sidon_—not necessarily the city. The object of this long _détour_ was to obtain much-needed retirement and rest. Mark 7:32. This man’s deafness had rendered him _hard-of-speech_, scarcely able to articulate intelligibly... [ Continue Reading ]