Mark 7:3

7:3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, ¹  holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

Mark 7:5

7:5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat ²  with unwashed hands?”

Mark 11:27

11:27 They came again to Jerusalem. ³  While Jesus ⁴  was walking in the temple courts, ⁵  the chief priests, the experts in the law, ⁶  and the elders came up to him

Mark 14:53

Condemned by the Sanhedrin

14:53 Then ⁷  they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law ⁸  came together.

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¹ tn Grk “except they wash the hands with a fist,” a ceremonial washing (though the actual method is uncertain).

² tn Grk “eat bread.”

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “the temple.”

⁶ tn Or “the chief priests, the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁸ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.