Posted by ntchristians Cork church of Christ on Wednesday, February 24, 2016,
Matthew 15:1-11; Mark 7:1-13
“Corban” is not a word you hear often, if at all. It’s a
Hebrew word from the Old Testament that means “offering” or “gift” and has to
do with things that were offered in sacrifice to God.
By the time Jesus came to talk about the principle of Corban in Palestine in the first century(Matthew
15:1-11; Mark 7:1-13) the word had come to be used not so much of the thing offered (the animal, or other
sacrifice). Rather, things were more complica...
