Lucas 11:38

38 Pero el fariseo se sorprendió al ver que Jesús no había cumplido con el rito de lavarse antes de comer.

Lucas 11:38 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:38

And when the Pharisee saw it
That Christ laid himself down on one of the couches and began to eat:

he marvelled;
that so great a prophet as he was, and a man of so much religion and holiness, should show no regard to a common custom with them, and which was one of the traditions of their elders, and which they put upon a level with the commands of God. The Vulgate Latin version, and so Beza's most ancient copy, and another exemplar, read, "he began to say, thinking" (or judging) "within himself": he was "moved" at it, as the Persic version renders it; he was filled with astonishment and indignation,

that he had not first washed before dinner;
especially since he had been in a crowd of people, ( Luke 11:29 ) for the Pharisees not only washed their hands, by immersing them up to the elbow before eating; but when they had been at market, or among any large number of people, or had reason to think they had, or feared they had touched any unclean person or thing, they immersed themselves all over in water: and which is the sense of the word (baptizomai) , here used; (See Gill on Mark 7:2), (See Gill on Mark 7:3) and (See Gill on Mark 7:4).

Lucas 11:38 In-Context

36 Por tanto, si todo tu ser disfruta de la luz, sin que ninguna parte quede en la oscuridad, estarás completamente iluminado, como cuando una lámpara te alumbra con su luz».

37 Cuando Jesús terminó de hablar, un fariseo lo invitó a comer con él; así que entró en la casa y se sentó a la mesa.

38 Pero el fariseo se sorprendió al ver que Jesús no había cumplido con el rito de lavarse antes de comer.

39 —Resulta que ustedes los fariseos —les dijo el Señor—, limpian el vaso y el plato por fuera, pero por dentro están ustedes llenos de codicia y de maldad.

40 ¡Necios! ¿Acaso el que hizo lo de afuera no hizo también lo de adentro?