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Luke 11:38

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

KJV

ὁ δὲ Φαρισαῖος ἰδὼν ἐθαύμασεν ὅτι οὐ πρῶτον ἐβαπτίσθη πρὸ τοῦ ἀρίστου.

Greek NT

Pharisæus autem cœpit intra se reputans dicere, quare non baptizatus esset ante prandium.

Vulgate

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

ASV

And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, why he was not washed before dinner.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Φαρισαῖος
pharisaios
noun · 101×
βαπτίζω
baptizo
verb · 77×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
θαυμάζω
thaumazo
verb · 43×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πρό
pro
preposition · 47×
πρῶτον
proton
adverb · 57×
ἄριστον
ariston
noun · 3×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 23:11 — But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
  • John 3:25 — Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
  • Mark 7:2 — And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
  • Mark 7:4 — 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.
  • Matt 15:2 — Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
  • Matt 15:2 — Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
  • Matt 15:11 — Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.