“And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.”
King James Version (KJV)
11:36 If thy whole body be full of light - If thou art filled with holy wisdom, having no part dark, giving way to no sin or folly, then that heavenly principle will, like the clear flame of a lamp in a room that was dark before, shed its light into all thy powers and faculties.
11:39 Now ye Pharisees - Probably many of them were present at the Pharisee's house. #Mt 23:25|.
Lu 11:38 Marvelled that he had not first washed. Dipped his hands. The tradition of the elders required those who came in from without to immerse their hands before eating. See notes on Mt 15:2 Mr 7:2-5.
And when the Pharise saw it, he marueiled that he had not first washed before dinner.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.
- Basic English Bible
But the Pharisee seeing [it] wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.
- Darby Bible
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.
- Webster's Bible
Now the Pharisee saw to his surprise that He did not wash His hands before breakfasting.
- Weymouth Bible
When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
- World English Bible
And the Farisee bigan to seie, gessynge with ynne hym silf, whi he was not waschen bifor mete.
- Wycliffe Bible
and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.
- Youngs Literal Bible