Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

Bible References

He marvelled

Matthew 15:2
“Why do Your disciples violate the tradition (religious laws) handed down by the [Jewish] elders? For Your disciples do not [ceremonially] wash their hands before they eat.”
Mark 7:2
and they had seen that some of His disciples ate their bread with [ceremonially] impure hands, that is, unwashed [and defiled according to Jewish religious ritual].
John 3:25
Therefore there arose a controversy between John’s disciples and a Jew in regard to purification (ceremonial washing).