And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that He had not first washed. For the Pharisees were accustomed, before they sat down to meat, to wash not their hands only, but their arms as far as the elbow. See St. Matthew 15:1.
