Matthew 12:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. ”

Matthew 12:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

One greater than the temple - Here the Saviour refers to himself, and to his own dignity and power. “I have power over the laws; I can grant to my disciples a dispensation from those laws. An act...
Matthew 12:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Sabbath Observance ( Mark 2:23-28 *, Luke 6:1-5 ). The incident shows that the disciples were learning their Master's teaching. Deuteronomy 23:25 allowed the practice, but the Rabbinical object...
Matthew 12:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

if, &c. Implying that it was not the fact. See App-118. Not the same condition as in verses: Matthew 12:11 ; Matthew 12:26 ; Matthew 12:27 ; Matthew 11:28 . had known . were aware of. Gr...
Matthew 12:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. But if you knew This Third argument is also mentioned by Matthew alone. Christ conveys an indirect reproof to the Pharisees, for not considering why ceremonies were appointed, and to w...
Matthew 12:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. I will have mercy, etc. - See this explained, Matthew 9:13 . There are four...
Matthew 12:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will have mercy, &c.— I delight in mercy (so θελειν signifies, ch. Matthew 27:43 .), more than sacrifice; for this is the Hebrew form of comparison. See the note on ch. Matthew 9:13 . W...
Matthew 12:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sac...
Matthew 12:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Plucking Corn on the Sabbath. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath ( Mark 2:23 ; Luke 6:1 ). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees...
Matthew 12:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will have mercy, and not sacrifice. — Yet a third argument follows from the Old Testament ( Hosea 6:6 ). The teachers or interpreters of the Law had failed to catch the meaning of the simplest ut...
Matthew 12:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1-30 ; Matthew 12:1-50 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1-30 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's recor...
Matthew 12:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Right Use of the Sabbath Matthew 12:1-14 The Pharisees had introduced a large number of minute and absurd restrictions on Sabbath observance; so our Lord set Himself to recover the day of r...
Matthew 12:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabb...
Matthew 12:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But if ye had known what this meaneth , c,] The passage of Scripture in Hosea 6:6 I will have mercy, and not sacrifice of the sense of which, see Gill "Mt 9:13" ye would not have condemned...
Matthew 12:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. Ver. 7. But if ye had known ] And it was a foul shame for them not to kno...
Matthew 12:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But if ye had known what that meaneth If ye had known the intent of that scripture, Hosea 6:6 , I will have mercy , &c. That is, I always prefer acts of mercy before matters of positive insti...
Matthew 12:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that...
Matthew 12:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Vindicates His Disciples. 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred,...
Matthew 12:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Neither Mark nor Luke have this argument. Our Lord yet goeth on taxing these great doctors of ignorance. The text he quotes is Hosea 6:6 ; we met with it before quoted by our Saviour, Matthew 9:...
Matthew 12:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Incident In The Grainfields (12:1-8). The first incident arises when Jesus and His disciples are walking through some grainfields. Being hungry they pluck some of the grain, and eat it. This i...
Matthew 12:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 12:1 . Pluck the ears of corn. —See Deuteronomy 23:25 . Matthew 12:3 . What David did .—David’s action was not an apparent contravention of the Sabbath-law, but an app...
Matthew 12:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 12:2 . Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day. The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their...
Matthew 12:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

I will have mercy, and not sacrifice. Mercy, not sacrifice When St. Spyridion was about eighty years old, it happened that a traveller came to visit him at one of those periods of the year when...
Matthew 12:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations ( Matthew 12:46-40 ); ,and the manner in which he de...
Matthew 12:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The application of the argument:
Matthew 12:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13:27 ; Hosea 6:6 ; Isaiah 1:11-17 ; James 5:6 ; Job 32:3 ; Micah 6:6-8 ; Matthew 22:29 ; Matthew 9:13 ; Proverbs 17:15 ; Psalms 109:31 ; Psalms 94:21
Matthew 12:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I will have mercy and not sacrifice — That is, when they interfere with each other, I always prefer acts of mercy, before matters of positive institution: yea, before all ceremonial institutions wh...

Matthew 12:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 12:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 12:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 12:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 12:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 12:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 12:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 12:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 12:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 12:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 12:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 12:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 12:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 12:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 12:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 12:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 12:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 12:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 12:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 12:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 12:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 12:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 12:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 12:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 12:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 12:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes