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Matthew 12:12
How much, then, is a man better than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days.
How much, then, is a man better than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days.
Verse Matthew 12:12. _HOW MUCH THEN IS A MAN BETTER THAN A SHEEP?_] Our Lord's argument is what is called _argumentum ad hominem_; they are taken on their own ground, and confuted on their own maxims...
The account contained in these verses is recorded also in Mark 3:1, and Luke 6:6. Matthew 12:10 THE VERY HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED - That is, each one has exerci
9. THE REJECTION CONSUMMATED AND THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIP. CHAPTER 12 1. The Hungry Disciples and the Accusing Pharisees. (Matthew 12:1 .) 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed.(Matthew 12:10 .) 3...
THE SABBATH HEALING WHICH DETERMINED PHARISAIC HOSTILITY (Mark 3:1 *, Luke 6:6). Mt. makes the Pharisees utter their question, and Jesus to reply, in words found in another connexion in Lk. (Luke 14:5...
HOW MUCH THEN IS. MAN BETTER THAN. SHEEP? If. sheep can be lifted out of its suffering on the Sabbath, why not much more. man? WHEREFORE IT IS LAWFUL TO DO GOOD ON THE SABBATH DAY. If the Sabbath da...
CRISIS (Matthew 12:1-50) In Matthew 12:1-50 we read the history of a series of crucial events in the life of Jesus. In every man's life there are decisive moments, times and events on which the whole...
He left there and went into their synagogue. And, look you, there was a man there with a withered hand. So they asked him, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath?" They asked this question in order t...
HOW MUCH? Figure of speech _Erotesis,_ for emphasis. App-6. WELL: i.e.. good deed....
Matthew 12:1-13. The Observance of the Sabbath 1. The disciples pluck ears of corn on the Sabbath. 2. A man with a withered hand cured on the Sabbath. St Mark 2:23-28; Mark 3:1-5; St...
_How much then is a man better than a sheep?_ Cp. "ye are of more value than many sparrows," ch. Matthew 10:31....
ΔΙΑΦΈΡΕΙ. Cp. ch. Matthew 10:31, πολλῶν στρουθίων διαφέρετε ὑμεῖς....
THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH...
Ver 9. And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 10. And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days...
_THE PHARISEES REJECTED THE SAVIOR MATTHEW 12:1-21_ : The Bible is plain in showing that it is wrong to fail to be as strict as God intents. But, the Bible also shows that it is wrong to be stricter t...
ΠΌΣΩ (G4214) "сколько?" ΔΙΑΦΈΡΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΔΙΑΦΈΡΩ (G1308) брать верх; instr. быть более ценным, превосходить (BAGD; Matthew 10:31). ΠΡΟΒΆΤΟΥ _сотр. gen. от_ ΠΡΌΒΑΤΟ Ν (G4263) овца, ΏΣΤΕ...
SECTION 26 JESUS ANSWERS CHARGES OF SABBATH BREAKING (Parallels: Mark 2:23 to Mark 3:6; Luke 6:1-11) TEXT: 12:1-14 I. SUSPICION 1. At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grain-f...
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. HOW MUCH THEN IS A MAN BETTER THAN A SHEEP? Resistless appeal! "A righteous man regardeth the life...
27 See Joh_3:35; Joh_17:2. 28 It is this God-consciousness, this recognition of His hand in all things, and more especially in that which is opposed to His apparent will, which gives His slaves heart'...
HOW MUCH THEN] a striking saying on the value of human life and health. The literal meaning does not exclude the more spiritual interpretation that a man is of more value than a sheep as possessing an...
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. It is...
ANOTHER SABBATH CONTROVERSY. THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND (Mark 3:1; Luke 6:6). The sequence is the same in all the evangelists. St. Luke mentions that this took place on another sabbath....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE GOD’S REST DAY 12:1-14 Matthew gives two examples of the ‘*yoke’ of the *Jewish law: 1. The *disciples...
WILL HE NOT LAY HOLD ON IT? — As the reasoning takes the form of an _argumentum ad hominem,_ it is clear that the act was regarded as a lawful one, even by the more rigid scribes. The Talmud discusses...
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
πόσῳ οὖν διαφέρει, etc. This is another of those simple yet far-reaching utterances by which Christ suggested rather than formulated His doctrine of the infinite worth of man. By how much does a human...
_Christ's reply_, by two home-thrusting questions and an irresistible conclusion. τίς … ἄνθρωπος. One is tempted here, as in Matthew 7:9, to put emphasis on ἄνθρωπος : who of you not dead to the feeli...
_A Sabbath cure_ (Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11): not necessarily happening immediately after. Matthew and Luke follow Mark's order, which is topical, not historical; another instance of collision as to Sab...
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 rest fo...
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 Sabba...
THE WITHERED HAND Matthew 12:9-14; Mark 3:1-6; and Luke 6:6-11. Our Lord and His disciples have again reached Galilee, their native land. Luke notifies us that this incident transpired on the Sabbath...
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...
"And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: (10) And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? tha...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
At length the rejection of the nation, in consequence of their contempt of the Lord, is plainly shewn, as well as the cessation of all His relations with them as such, in order to bring out on God's p...
HOW MUCH THEN IS A MAN BETTER THAN A SHEEP?.... As a rational creature must be better, and more excellent, than an irrational one, more care is to be taken of, and more mercy shown unto, the one, than...
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. Ver. 12. _It is lawful to do well_] Nay, it is needful, since not to do well is to do ill, and not t...
_And he said_ That he might show their unreasonableness, and confute them by their own practice: _What man that shall have_ Or, _Who, if he have but one sheep, that on the sabbath day shall fall into...
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 t...
9-13 Christ shows that works of mercy are lawful and proper to be done on the Lord's day. There are more ways of doing well upon sabbath days, than by the duties of worship: attending the sick, relie...
Ver. 11,12. Mark saith, MARK 3:3, _And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. And he saith unto them, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life,...
Matthew 12:12 much G4214 value G1308 (G5719) then G3767 man G444 sheep G4263 Therefore G5620 lawful G1832 ...
“How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! For which reason it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.” But is a man not more valuable than a sheep? Thus it is certainly lawful to do what is...
THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND (12:9-16). Having described the rejection of Himself and John by the general people, the rejection of His Messianic signs by the local towns, and the hostility of the P...
CONTROVERSY WITH THE PHARISEES ABOUT THE SABBATH. THE SON OF MAN IS LORD OF THE SABBATH (12:1-16). In the last passage Matthew has depicted words of Jesus concerning the heavy burden of the Law and th...
CHRONOLOGY. Mark and Luke place the events of this section just before the _choice of the Twelve_, which occurred during our Lord's retirement. The season of the year may have been April, at which tim...
Matthew 12:12. HOW MUCH, THEN, IS A MAN BETTER THAN A SHEEP? Some take this as an explanation: ‘Of how much more worth now is a man than a sheep!' But it is better to regard it as a question. Our Lord...
HOW MUCH THEN IS A MAN (ποσω ουν διαφερε ανθρωπος). Another of Christ's pregnant questions that goes to the roots of things, an _a fortiori_ argument. "By how much does a human being differ from a...
Matthew 12:12 There are few things in our Lord's teaching more interesting to notice than the enormous value which He puts upon man. Again and again He reminds us, as though we were ready to forget i...
CONTENTS: Jesus announces Himself Lord of Sabbath, Controversy with Pharisees. Healing of the withered hand. A demoniac healed. The unpardonable sin. Death and resurrection foretold. Deficiency of sel...
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 fea...
AND A MAN IS WORTH MUCH MORE THAN A SHEEP. If they were allowed to rescue a sheep, why not a man? SO THEN, OUR LAW DOES ALLOW US. The Sabbath was meant for man's good. Therefore, says Jesus, it is rig...
_How much then is a man better than a sheep! _ THE DIGNITY INHERENT IN MAN’S NATURE This is not a question, but an exclamation, and it is so punctuated in the Revised Version. Exclamation rare with...
JESUS HEALS A MAN'S HAND ON THE SABBATH MATTHEW 12:9-14; MARK 3:1-6; LUKE 6:6-11; MATTHEW 12:9 And when he was departed thence, he went into the
1-50 CHAPTER XII. _At that time Jesus went through the corn fields_ (Through the crops of corn becoming white, or ripe), &c. Luke adds that this Sabbath was the first from the second (_Vulg_.); which...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 12:10. HAND WITHERED.—Shrunk and dried by some kind of atrophy. IS IT LAWFUL, etc.—Talmudical scholars tell us that in later days the Rabbins differed on the point, but that t...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 12:1 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1); (2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-4
Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law...
Luke 12:24; Luke 6:9; Mark 3:4; Matthew 6:26...
It is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day — To save a beast, much more a man....