• Mark 7:4
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 4 καὶ and ἀπ’ from ἀγορᾶς market ἐὰν if ever μὴ not ῥαντίσωνται they might sprinkle οὐκ not ἐσθίουσιν, they are eating, καὶ and ἄλλα other (things) πολλά many ἐστιν is ἃ which παρέλαβον they received κρατεῖν, to be holding fast, βαπτισμοὺς baptisms ποτηρίων of cups καὶ and ξεστῶν of pitchers καὶ and χαλκίων.— of copper vessels.—

  • Mark 7:4
    The Bible in Living English

    • 4** and when they come in from the marketplace they do not eat unless they have sprinkled themselves, and there are many other things which it is traditional with them to insist on, rinsings of cups and cans and kettles),

  • Mark 7:4
    American Standard Version

    • 4 and when they come from the market-place, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)

  • Mark 7:4
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 4 and coming from market, unless they sprinkle themselves they eat not,—and many other things there are which they have accepted to hold fast,—immersions of cups and measures and copper vessels——

  • Mark 7:4
    King James Version

    • 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

  • Mark Study Notes—Chapter 7
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 7:4

      wash themselves: Many ancient manuscripts use the Greek word ba·ptiʹzo (to dip; to immerse) here, a term that most often describes Christian baptism, but at Lu 11:38, it is used to describe a broad range of repeated ritual washings rooted in Jewish tradition. Other ancient manuscripts here use the Greek term rhan·tiʹzo, meaning “to sprinkle; to cleanse by sprinkling.” (Heb 9:13, 19, 21, 22) Regardless of which manuscript reading is preferred, the general meaning remains the same; devout Jews did not eat unless they in some way cleansed themselves ceremonially. In Jerusalem, there is archaeological evidence that the Jews used ritual baths at this time, which in this context could give support for rendering the verb ba·ptiʹzo, “immerse themselves.”

      baptisms: Or “immersions into water.” The Greek word ba·pti·smosʹ is here used regarding cleansing rituals practiced by some religious Jews in Jesus’ time. They baptized, or immersed into water, the cups, pitchers, and copper vessels used at meals.