FSB Link Error, Mark 7:19
Note: The bold links in the FSB note below link to Mark, rather than to Matthew and Acts, as they should.
7:19 thus declaring all foods clean These are Mark’s words, not Jesus’. They represent Mark’s interpretation of Jesus’ pronouncement, and they form the crucial link between this story and the story of the Syrophoenician woman that follows (vv. 24–30).
Matthew and Luke disagree with Mark’s interpretation of Jesus’ teaching on defilement, either by deleting Mark’s statement from the story or by omitting the entire story. Matthew restricts the implications of Jesus’ pronouncement to the issue of eating with unwashed hands (15:20); Luke projects the declaration into the book of Acts; by attributing it to God rather than Jesus (10:15), he makes it a post-resurrection development. In Acts, abolition of the distinction between clean and unclean foods leads directly to the acceptance of Gentiles into God’s kingdom (10:34, 44–48; 11:1–18; 15:8–9). Mark’s Gospel follows an identical sequence: first Jesus declares all foods clean, then He accepts an argument that Gentiles should be able to partake of the food Israel enjoys (vv. 27–29). Moreover, in both Mark and Acts, this acceptance is followed by a missionary journey outside the geographical and ethnic boundaries of Israel.
Barry, J. D., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Mangum, D., & Whitehead, M. M. (2012). Faithlife Study Bible (Mk 7:19). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.
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Thanks for bringing that to our attention. We'll make sure the links get corrected.
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Thanks, Doug!
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