Matthew 15:1

Breaking Human Traditions

15:1 Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,


sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

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

tn The participle λέγοντες (legontes) has been translated as a finite verb so that its telic (i.e., final or conclusive) force can be more easily detected: The Pharisees and legal experts came to Jesus in order to speak with him.