And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people - or 'the multitude' х ochloo (G3793)]. 'Not daring,' as Trench remarks, 'directly to find fault with the Lord, he seeks circuitously to reach Him through the people, who were more under his influence, and whom he feared less.'
There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. From the "hypocrisy" with which the Lord charges him (Luke 13:15), we may conclude that zeal for the honour of the Sabbath was only the pretence, and that the glory which this miracle shed upon the Lord Jesus was the real cause of this ruler's "indignation," as the same writer observes. See Matthew 21:15.