Passage Research
Mark 7 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus debates ritual purity, heals the daughter of a Syrophoenician woman, and opens the ears of a man who could not hear or speak. Below is a research summary for Mark 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Mark 7 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| παράδοσις | parádosis | G3862 | 5 | ordinance, tradition |
| κοινόω | koinóō | G2840 | 5 | call common, defile, pollute, unclean |
| ἐκπορεύομαι | ekporeúomai | G1607 | 4 | come, depart, go, issue |
| ἐσθίω | esthíō | G2068 | 5 | devour, eat, live |
| μήτηρ | mḗtēr | G3384 | 4 | mother |
| ὅριον | hórion | G3725 | 3 | border, coast |
| εἰσπορεύομαι | eisporeúomai | G1531 | 3 | come in, go into |
How preachers through history handled this text
33 public-domain excerpts on Mark 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“One great design of Christ's coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God's making. Those clean hands and that pure heart which Christ bestows on his disciples, and requires of them, are very different from the outward and superstitious forms of Pharisees of every age. Jesus reproves them for rejecting the commandment of God. It is clear that it is the duty of children, if their parents are poor, to relieve them as far as they are able; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Mark 7:1–13 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Mark 7:1
- Galilee 1— Mark 7:24
- Sidon— Mark 7:24
- Tyre— Mark 7:24
- Phoenicia— Mark 7:26
- Decapolis— Mark 7:31
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