Draught

DRAUGHT draft (aphedron; Matthew 15:17; Mark 7:19):

"Closet," "sink" or "privy" (Rheims), literally, "place for sitting apart" (compare

2 Kings 10:27, "draught-house," and Mishna "water-house"). According to the Mishna, Jehu turned the temple of Baal in Samaria into public latrines, "waterhouses." Mark adds here (Mark 7:19) that by this saying Jesus cleansed all articles of food, i.e., declared them to be clean.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DRAUGHT'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.