He went through the corn-fields This passage we had Matthew 12:1-8, where it was largely explained. In the days of Abiathar the high-priest From the passage in the history referred to, (1 Samuel 21:1-9,) it appears that Abimelech, the father of Abiathar, was then high-priest; Abiathar himself not till some time after. This phrase, therefore, only means, In the time of Abiathar, who was afterward high- priest. The sabbath was made for man And therefore must give way to man's necessity. The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath Being the supreme Lawgiver, he has power to dispense with his own laws, and with this in particular.
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Mark 2:23
23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.