[B-Greek] Literary criticism NOT (was "Re: Mark 7:18-19")
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Oct 29 08:00:48 EDT 2009
On Oct 29, 2009, at 1:46 AM, Bryant J. Williams III wrote:
> I would agree with the latter assessment since the parallel passage
> of Matthew
> 15:10-20 gives a more detailed explanation of what Jesus is saying.
> This is
> especially true of 16-20 which is a detailed answer to Peter's
> question in vs.
> 15. It seems that Mark is just summarizing the Matthean passage for
> his Roman
> audience since Jesus' statement in vss. 18-19 concerns Jewish
> dietary laws.
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