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Mark 2:27
And He said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;
And He said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;
Verse Mark 2:27. _THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN_] That he might have the _seventh_ part of his whole time to devote to the purposes of bodily rest and spiritual exercises. And in these respects it is...
See Matthew 12:1. THE CORNFIELDS - The fields sown with wheat or barley. The word “corn,” in the Bible, refers only to grain of that kind, and never to “maize” or “Indian corn.” TO PLUCK THE EARS OF...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The Servant again in Capernaum. The healing of the Paralytic. (Mark 2:1 .Matthew 9:1; Luke 5:17 .)_ 2. Levi called. With the Publicans and Sinners. ...
SABBATH OBSERVANCE. This incident occurs in the summer: the only clear reference to a season of the year in the gospel. The disciples offend by reaping on the Sabbath. The evangelist brings together t...
A FAITH THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED (Mark 2:1-6)...
One Sabbath day Jesus was going through the corn fields. His disciples began to pluck the ears of corn as they made their way along. The Pharisees began to say to him, "Look! Why are they doing what i...
SABBATH. Note the Figure _Antimetebole_, (App-6), "sabbath... man... man,. sabbath". WAS MADE. came into being. MAN. Greek. _anthropos_. App-123. AND. All the texts omit "and". In that case, note t...
ΚΑῚ ἜΛΕΓΕΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ. This introductory formula may indicate that the cornfield incident is over, and that Mk is appending to it, as a sort of moral, a principle on which Christ used to insist. The for...
23–28. PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH Matthew 12:1-8; Luke 5:1-5...
Ver 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. 24. And the Pharisees said unto Him, "Behold, wh...
_A QUESTION ABOUT THE SABBATH MARK 2:23-28:_ Jesus and His disciples were condemned by the Pharisees for picking grain on the Sabbath. They were not condemned for taking the grain. Deuteronomy 23:24-2...
ΔΙΆ (G1223) с _асс._ по причине, для. ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться....
DISCOURSE: 1420 THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE SABBATH Mark 2:27. _And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath_. IN nothing is the force of prejudice more strongly se...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN— The sabbath was contrived for the benefit and relief of man, being instituted in commemoration of the creation of the world finished in six days, a...
8. THE SABBATH DISPUTE 2:233:6 a. Eating on the Sabbath. 2:23-28 _TEXT 2:23-28_ And it came to pass, that he was going on the Sabbath day through the cornfields; and his disciples began, as they wen...
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. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 12:1....
THE SICK OF THE PALSY 1-12. Healing of the palsied man (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt....
PLUCKING THE EARS OF CORN ON THE SABBATH (Matthew 12:1; Luke 6:1). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 2 JESUS *FORGIVES A MAN VERSES 1-12 Jesus had made many ill people well. But he di...
(23-28) AND IT CAME TO PASS. — See Notes on Matthew 12:1. AS THEY WENT ... — More literally, _they began to make a path_ (or perhaps, _to make their way_)_, plucking the ears of corn. _...
CHAPTER 2:23-28 (MARK 2:23) THE SABBATH "And it came to pass, that He was going on the sabbath day through the cornfields; and His disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. And the Ph...
_The Sabbath question_ (Matthew 12:1-8; Luke 6:1-5)....
καὶ ἔλεγεν, etc., and He said to them; this phrase is employed to introduce a saying of Jesus containing a great principle. The principle is that the Sabbath is only a means towards an end man's highe...
THE LORD OF THE SABBATH Mark 2:23-28; Mark 3:1-19 The ritualist demands the outward, the conventional, the ancient usage of the past. Christ says, “Be natural.” The needs of man, whether of body or...
A great principle of the exercise of power by the Master is revealed in the words, "When He saw their faith." There can be no doubt that the word "their" includes the whole party, both the man himself...
CHAPTER 14 JESUS RETURNS TO GALILEE Matthew 12:1-18; Mark 2:23-28, and Luke 6:1-5. We find that our Lord spent but two weeks at Jerusalem during this tour, preaching and working miracles all the time...
(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. (24) And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why d...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
_A NATIONAL TREASURE_ ‘The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the sabbath.’ Mark 2:27 This is our Lord’s endorsement of the Fourth Comman...
Mark 2:27._The Sabbath was made for man. _This _Fifth _argument is related by Mark alone. The general meaning is, that those persons judge amiss who turn to man’s destruction, (83) the Sabbath which G...
Afterwards (chapter 2) He goes again into the city, and immediately the multitude gather together. What a living picture of the Lord's life of service! He preaches to them. This was His object and His...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM,.... Continuing his answer to them, and adding, in confirmation of what he had said, and for the further vindication of his disciples, THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN; for his good...
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Ver. 27. _The sabbath was made for man_] That is, for man's safety and advantage. As he would be undone without it, h...
THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN; at the creation, Genesis 2:2-3, for his benefit and happiness. NOT MAN FOR THE SABBATH; it is not, by superstitious observance, to be perverted to a denial of the just cl...
One paralyzed man who was dependent on the help of four men was now brought to Him. If leprosy is the type of sin's corruption, paralysis teaches us the helplessness occasioned by sin. Yet all five me...
TITLE: Jesus is Lord TEXT: Mark 2:23-28 PROPOSITION: Jesus must be Lord of All. QUESTION: Why? KEY WORD: Meanings SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Many call him Lord - But he is not. Luke 6:4...
23-28 The sabbath is a sacred and Divine institution; a privilege and benefit, not a task and drudgery. God never designed it to be a burden to us, therefore we must not make it so to ourselves. The...
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Mark 2:27 G2532 said G3004 (G5707) them G846 Sabbath G4521 made G1096 (G5633) for G1223 man...
‘And he said, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.' Jesus was not saying by this that because the Sabbath was made for man he could do whatever he liked on it. What He was pointi...
THE SON OF MAN IS LORD OF THE SABBATH (2:23-28). In this incident we are provided with an example of how the Pharisees sought to cling to the old, while Jesus was introducing the new. The Pharisees be...
CHRONOLOGY. See on Matthew 11:1-21. These events took place just before the choosing of the Twelve (Mark 2:14, etc.). On the theory of a three years' ministry in Galilee, they occurred shortly after t...
Mark 2:27. THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN, AND NOT MAN FOR THE SABBATH. Peculiar to Mark, but intimately connected with the quotation from Hosea (Matthew 12:7). The Sabbath is a means to an end; it was...
FOR MAN (δια τον ανθρωπον). Mark alone has this profound saying which subordinates the sabbath to man's real welfare (mankind, observe, generic article with ανθρωπος, class from class). Man was not...
Mark 2:27 During His public ministry our Lord was repeatedly accused of breaking the Sabbath; and on such occasions He vindicated Himself in one or other of two ways. I. Sometimes He stood upon His r...
Mark 2:23 I. The Pharisees were a Class. They were not only Pharisees by name, but they were Pharisees by nature; that is, they were typical men; they were representative of a large fraction of the hu...
Mark 2:1. _And again he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. And straightaway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive th...
CONTENTS: Healing of the palsied man. Call of Matthew. Parable of the cloth and bottles. Jesus, Lord of the Sabbath. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paralytic, Matthew, David, Alphaeus. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ w...
Mark 2:4. _They uncovered the roof._ Houses in the east have mostly flat roofs on which they walk for the benefit of the air. They have but a narrow door, and seldom a window to the street. All their...
FOR THE GOOD OF MAN. It was not just an arbitrary law, as the Pharisees had made it. It was designed for the good of the people. It was symbolic to the Jewish people (Deuteronomy 5:15). There is no me...
_And He said unto them, the Sabbath was made for man._ THE SABBATH AND ITS LORD “The Sabbath was made for man”-not for the Jews only-not a mere ceremonial observance for the time; but of universal o...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 2:27 SON OF MAN. See note on Matt. 8:20. If the Sabbath is for the benefit of mankind, and if the Son of Man is Lord over all mankind, then the Son of Man is surely lord even
THE DISCIPLES PICK WHEAT ON THE SABBATH MATTHEW 12:1-8; MARK 2:23-28; LUKE 6:1-5; MATTHEW 12:1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day throug
CHAPTER 2 1 _Christ healeth one sick of the palsy_, 14 _calleth Matthew from the receipt of custom_, 15 _eateth with publicans and sinners_, 18 _excuseth his disciples for not fasting_, 23 _and for pl...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 2:23. BEGAN, AS THEY WENT, TO PLUCK.—A very good rendering, though free. Cp. Latin “_iter facere_,” French “_faire chemin_.” From LXX. in Judges 17:8, it is clear...
EXPOSITION MARK 2:1 The first sentence of this verse is better rendered thus: AND WHEN HE ENTERED again (εἰσελθῶν πάλιν) INTO CAPERNAUM AFTER SOME DAYS; literally, after days (δι ̓ ἡμερῶν). It i...
Now, And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house (Mark 2:1). So, word went around Jesus is in the house over there. And straightway many were gath...
1 Corinthians 3:21; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 2 Corinthians 4:15; Colossians 2:16;...
For man [δ ι α]. On account of, or for the sake of. This saying is given by Mark only....
HELPERS AND HINDERERS Mark 2:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Back in Capernaum. Once more we find our Master in the city by the sea. He loved Galilee. So many of His wonderful messages and marvelous mirac...
The Sabbath was made for man — And therefore must give way to man's necessity....