10. CONFLICT WITH PHARISEES 7:1-23. a. _Conflict over washings 7:1-8_ _TEXT 7:1-8_ And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which had come from Jerusalem, and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands. For... [ Continue Reading ]
_SUMMARY 6:1_7:23 The testimony for Jesus furnished by the preceding section, is based chiefly on the opinions which men formed concerning him. The disciples, though slow and hard of heart to realize his true nature, were constrained by the continued demonstration to acknowledge his inherent divine... [ Continue Reading ]
B. CONFLICT OVER PARENTAL CARE. 7:9-13 _TEXT 7:9-13_ And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death: but ye say, If a man... [ Continue Reading ]
C. CONFLICT OVER THE SOURCE OF DEFILEMENT. 7:14-23 _TEXT 7:14-23_ And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand: there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him: but the things which proceed out of the man are those that d... [ Continue Reading ]
C_._ THE THIRD PERIOD 7:24 TO 9:50 1. THE SYROPHOENICIAN WOMAN. 7:24-30 _TEXT 7:24-30_ And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it: and he could not be hid. But straightway a woman, whose little daughter ha... [ Continue Reading ]
_SUMMARY 7:24_8:13 This section contains an account of three more remarkable miraclesthe expulsion of a demon from the Gentile woman's daughter; the restoration of speech and hearing to the deaf stammerer; and the feeding of four thousand men with seven barley loaves and a few small fishes. By thes... [ Continue Reading ]
2. HEALING A DEAF MUTE 7:31-37 _TEXT 7:31-37_ And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay h... [ Continue Reading ]