Mark 2:24._Why do they on the Sabbath what is not lawful? _The
Pharisees do not blame the disciples of Christ for _plucking ears of
corn _from a field that was not their own, but for violating _the
Sabbath; _as if there had been a precept to this effect, that
famishing men ought rather to die than t... [ Continue Reading ]
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
God appointed for his benefit. The Pharisees saw the disciples of
Christ employed in a holy work; the... [ Continue Reading ]