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Luke 11:38
38But the Pharisee seeing [it] wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.
Luke 11:38 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
- New International Version (NIV)But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner.
Context of Luke 11:38
36If therefore thy whole body [is] light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness. 37But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table. But the Pharisee seeing [it] wondered that he had not first washed before dinner. 39But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward [parts] are full of plunder and wickedness. 40Fools, has not he who has made the outside made the inside also?
Read all of Luke 11Luke 11:38 word by word
ὁ δὲ Φαρισαῖος ἰδὼν ἐθαύμασεν ὅτι οὐ πρῶτον ἐβαπτίσθη πρὸ τοῦ ἀρίστου.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Luke 11:38
- Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
- Mark 7:2and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,
- John 3:25There was therefore a reasoning of the disciples of John with a Jew about purification.
Commentaries on Luke 11:38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 38First washed - See on Mark 7:2-4; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38Saw it - Saw that he sat immediately down without washing. Marvelled - Wondered. Was amazed. It was so unusual, and in his view so improper. Had not first washed - He wondered particularly, as he had been among a mixed multitude, and they esteemed the “touch” of such persons polluting. They never ate, therefore, without such washing. The origin of the custom of washing with so much formality “before” they partook of their meals was that they did not use…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-54Verses 37-54 We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed. When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we may glory in reproaches, for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 38first wash before the meal: The Pharisees had developed elaborate washing rituals to ensure ceremonial purity (see Mark 7:1–5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 37-5438. marvelled, &c.--(See Mr 7:2-4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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