Luke 6:1-11

Sabbath Observance (Mark 2:23 *, Matthew 12:1 *). There is little change to note here. No satisfactory explanation has been found of Luke 6:1 mg. It is a gloss not found in the best MSS. Codex Bezæ in Lk. transfers Luke 6:5 to the end of Luke 6:10 and in its place has, On the same day He saw a man working on the Sabbath and said to him, - Man, if thou knowest what thou doest, blessed art thou; but if thou knowest not thou art accursed and a transgressor of the law.-' Montefiore thinks the saying too subtle and Pauline to be authentic, doubting whether Jesus would have so openly approved so direct a violation of a fundamental commandment. Note that Lk. (like Mt.) omits Mark 2:27; to him Son of Man always meant Messiah, hence Mark 2:27 could not be used to prove Lk.'s 5. In Luke 6:11 he says the Pharisees were filled with madness against Jesus. This is more to his mind than Mk.'s statement (Luke 3:5) that Jesus was angry with the Pharisees. The Perfect Man preserves a perfect calm. A tendency to heighten human distress (cf. Luke 8:42, Luke 9:38, only child) appears in Luke 6:6; it is the man's right hand that is withered.