Mark 7:3 meaning and explanation
Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
Mark 7:3, Berean Standard Bible
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Mark, writing for Gentile readers, pauses to explain a custom his audience would not know. The Pharisees and scribes had just seen Jesus' disciples eat without first washing, and Mark clarifies that the tradition of the elders required a ceremonial washing of hands before eating.
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