“ For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. ”
For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day - To crown all, Christ says that he was Lord of the Sabbath. He had a right to direct the manner of its observance - undoubted proof that he is...
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...
the Son of man. See App-98. even. All the texts omit this word. of the sabbath. As the Son of man. Compare Matthew 12:6 , Lord of the Temple as the Son of God.
8. For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath. Some connect this sentence with a preceding statement, that one greater than the temple is in this place, ( Matthew 12:6 ;) but I look u...
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. The Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath-day - The change of the Jewish into the Christian Sabbath, called the Lord's day, Revelation 1:10 , sho...
For the Son of man is Lord, &c.— See on Mark 2:27-28 . The expression even of the sabbath-day, και του σαββατου, certainly implies, that the sabbath was an institution of great and distingui...
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. For the Son of man is Lord [even] of the sabbath day. [The bracketed word "even" - kai ( G2532 ) - should not be in the text, as the o...
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...
For the Son of man. — The words contain the ground for the authoritative judgment of the previous verse. They assert that this also came within the limits of His jurisdiction as the Messiah, just a...
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...
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...
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...
LORD OF THE SABBATH ‘The Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.’ Matthew 12:8 The one great subject which stands out prominently in the opening verses of this chapter is the Sabbath Day...
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. By "the Son of man" is meant, not any man, as some have thought; for no mere man is lord of any law, moral or ritual, natural or positive; or has...
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. Ver. 8. The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath ] q.d. Say they were not innocent, yet have you no cause to condemn them for Sabbath breach; si...
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...
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...
Christ Vindicates His Disciples. 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred,...
This argument Luke hath, Luke 6:5 . Mark hath it thus, Mark 2:27,28 , And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man the sabbath: therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the...
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...
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 12:8 I. Note the title Jesus gives Himself: "the Son of man." He applied this phrase to Himself in all the different aspects of His great life. While He deemed His equality with God not a...
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...
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...
The application of the argument:
1 Corinthians 16:2 ; 1 Corinthians 9:21 ; John 5:17-23 ; Luke 6:5 ; Mark 2:28 ; Mark 9:4-7 ; Matthew 9:6 ; Revelation 1:10
For the Son of man — Therefore they are guiltless, were it only on this account, that they act by my authority, and attend on me in my ministry, as the priests attended on God in the temple: is Lor...