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Mark 7:15 — King James Version← Study notes

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.


Mark 7:15Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 7:1523 words
GreekMeaning
οὐδένouden
No thingadjectiveG3762
ἐστινestin
there isverbG1510
ἔξωθενexōthen
outsideprepositionG1855
τοῦtou
of thearticleG3588
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
mannounG444
εἰσπορευόμενονeisporeuomenon
enteringverbG1531
εἰςeis
intoprepositionG1519
αὐτὸνauton
himpronounG846
ho
whichrelative pronounG3739
δύναταιdynatai
is ableverbG1410
κοινῶσαιkoinōsai
to defileverbG2840
αὐτόνauton
himpronounG846
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
τὰta
the thingsarticleG3588
ἐκek
out ofprepositionG1537
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
mannounG444
ἐκπορευόμενάekporeuomena
proceedingverbG1607
ἐστινestin
areverbG1510
τὰta
those whicharticleG3588
κοινοῦνταkoinounta
are defilingverbG2840
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
ἄνθρωπονanthrōpon
mannounG444
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Mark 7:15

But the intention of the Lord in saying this was to teach men, that the observing of meats, which the law commands, should not be taken in a carnal sense, and from this He began to unfold to them the intent of the law.

Theophylact · 11th century

For that man is a faulty hearer who considers what is obscure to be a clear speech, or what is clear to be obscurely spoken.

Bede · 8th century

For some things are joined to others in such a way as both to change and be changed, just as food, losing its former appearance, is both itself turned into our body, and we too are changed, and our strength is refreshed by it.

Augustine · 4th century
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