The increased use of their hands by primates did much to develop inherent brain power, but they did not yet possess minds that could really be called human. [1]
These guardians of health of Prince’s staff sought to introduce handshaking in substitution for saliva exchange or blood drinking as a seal of personal friendship and as a token of group loyalty. [2]
In the time of Jesus it was considered that eating with unwashed hands was a transgression of the law. They had come to regard eating with unwashed hands as commerce with a harlot. [3]
Muchos fariseos, especialmente los que estaban a favor de las enseñanzas de Jesús, sabían que sólo se lavaba las manos con fines higiénicos, y que detestaba estas prácticas puramente ceremoniales. [4]
Jesus healed a man with withered hand as a protest against enslaving religious practices, such as the Jewish Sabbath. [5]