‘So that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.'

That is, has the right to shape and mould the Sabbath Law just as the Rabbis had, and as David had cultic Law, and had the right to, as it were, go above the Rabbis' heads because of His position of extreme authority. This was an essential part of Jesus' argument. It was the factor that justified His argument.

Mark therefore intends his readers to recognise in this argument and statement one more reason why they can recognise Jesus as the Son of God. It is because as the glorious Son of Man He is Lord over the Sabbath.

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