READ Matthew 15 COMMENTARY: : 2        Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. (3862 “tradition” [paradosis] means what is transmitted, giving up, giving over, hand downs, a giving over which is done by word of mouth or in writing, or the substance of a teaching.) DEVOTION:  The Pharisees were noted for making up many rules for the people to follow. It is said that they had three hundred and six-five negative traditions to follow. They had some positive ones as well but they still took people away from the Scriptures and made them follow manmade rules. Sometimes even the Pharisees followed the rules. One such rule as that before anyone is to eat they had to do a ceremonial washing of the hands. Before people were allowed to…