[9:47] 1 tn Grk “knowing the thoughts of their hearts” (an idiom).
[9:47] 2 tn On this use of παρά (para), see BDF §239.1.1.
[11:44] 3 tc Most
[11:44] 4 tn Grk “men.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.
[11:44] 5 sn In Judaism to come into contact with the dead or what is associated with them, even without knowing it, makes one unclean (Num 19:11-22; Lev 21:1-3; Mishnah, m. Demai 2:3). To Pharisees, who would have been so sensitive about contracting ceremonial uncleanness, it would have been quite a stinging rebuke to be told they caused it.