Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Matthew 12:8
For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day - To crown all, Christ says that he was Lord of the Sabbath. He had a right to direct the manner of its observance - undoubted proof that he is divine.
For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day - To crown all, Christ says that he was Lord of the Sabbath. He had a right to direct the manner of its observance - undoubted proof that he is divine.
Verse Matthew 12:8. _THE SON OF MAN IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH-DAY._] The change of the Jewish into the Christian Sabbath, called the _Lord's_ _day_, Revelation 1:10, shows that Christ is not only t...
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...
SABBATH OBSERVANCE (Mark 2:23 *, Luke 6:1). The incident shows that the disciples were learning their Master's teaching. Deuteronomy 23:25 allowed the practice, but the Rabbinical objection to it on t...
FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LORD OF THE SABBATH DAY. Because the Sabbath is made for humanity, the Lord of humanity is Lord of the Sabbath. Observe, _is_ Lord of the Sabbath. He does not, then, abolish it,...
At that time Jesus went through the cornfields on the Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, ...
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...
THE SON OF MAN. See App-98. EVEN. All the texts omit this word. OF THE SABBATH. As the Son of man. Compare Matthew 12:6, Lord of the Temple as the Son of God....
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...
THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH...
Ver 1. At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto...
_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...
FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LORD, &C.— See on Mark 2:27. The expression _even of the sabbath-day,_ και του σαββατου, certainly implies, that the sabbath was an institution of great and distinguished importa...
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...
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LORD [EVEN] OF THE SABBATH DAY. [The bracketed word "even" - kai (G2532) - should not be in the text, as the overwhelming w...
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'...
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...
The authority of THE SON OF MAN (the Messiah) extends to the abrogation of the whole Law, and therefore of the Law of the sabbath. Observe that Jesus rests the final vindication of His disciples upon...
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...
FOR THE SON OF MAN. — The words contain the ground for the authoritative judgment of the previous verse. They assert that this also came within the limits of His jurisdiction as the Messiah, just as t...
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'...
his weighty _logion_ is best understood when taken along with that in Mark 2:27 = the Sabbath for man, not man for the Sabbath. The question is: Does it merely state a fact, or does it also contain th...
_The principles involved_. The facts stated raise questions as to the reasons. The Pharisees were men of rules, not accustomed to go back on principles. The passion for minutiæ killed reflection. The...
_Christ's defence_. It is twofold. (1) He shields disciples by examples: David and the priests; to both the faultfinders would defer (Matthew 12:3-5); (2) He indicates the principles involved in the e...
_Plucking ears of corn on the Sabbath_ (Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5). Sabbath observance was one of the leading causes of conflict between Jesus and the guardians of religion and morality. This is the fi...
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...
Lord... of the sabbath. He proves that he can dispense with the observation of the feast, because he is master of the feast. In St. Mark (ii. 27.) it is written, the sabbath was made for man, and not...
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...
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...
_LORD OF THE SABBATH_ ‘The Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.’ Matthew 12:8 The one great subject which stands out prominently in the opening verses of this chapter is the Sabbath Day. It...
8._For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath. _Some connect this sentence with a preceding statement, _that one greater than the temple is in this place, _(Matthew 12:6;) but I look upon them as...
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...
FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH DAY. By "the Son of man" is meant, not any man, as some have thought; for no mere man is lord of any law, moral or ritual, natural or positive; or has a...
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. Ver. 8. _The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath_] _q.d._ Say they were not innocent, yet have you no cause to condemn them for Sabbath breach; since...
_But if ye had known what that meaneth_ If ye had known the intent of that scripture, Hosea 6:6, _I will have mercy_, &c. That is, I always prefer acts of mercy before matters of positive institution,...
LORD-OF THE SABBATH; he who made it, and to whose worship it is devoted. If it was right for David to appease his hunger, and for the priests to do what was needful for the worship of God in the templ...
The application of the argument:...
FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LORD EVEN OF THE SABBATH DAY. Christ's argument itself could not be challenged, but He now brings out the principles involved to reveal the smallness and the uncharitableness of...
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...
1-8 Being in the corn-fields, the disciples began to pluck the ears of corn: the law of God allowed it, Deuteronomy 23:25. This was slender provision for Christ and his disciples; but they were conte...
This argument Luke hath, LUKE 6:5. Mark hath it thus, MARK 2:27,28, _And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man the sabbath: therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath....
Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ and "The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath-day."[212] Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes for He was Himself also Lord of the Sabbath.[476]...
Matthew 12:8 For G1063 Son G5207 Man G444 is G2076 (G5748) Lord G2962 even G2532 Sabbath G4521...
THE INCIDENT IN THE GRAINFIELDS (12:1-8). The first incident arises when Jesus and His disciples are walking through some grainfields. Being hungry they pluck some of the grain, and eat it. This is t...
“For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.” Jesus then makes clear the basis of His authority. As Son of Man He is lord of the Sabbath. That is, as God's appointed King elect (Daniel 7:13) He has th...
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...
Matthew 12:8. FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LORD OF THE SABBATH. This crowning thought occurs in all three narratives. The emphasis rests on the word ‘Lord.' The term ‘Son of man' implies His Messiahship. The...
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 12:8 I. Note the title Jesus gives Himself: "the Son of man." He applied this phrase to Himself in all the different aspects of His great life. While He deemed His equality with God not a thin...
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...
LORD OF THE SABBATH. It was for the good of man that the Sabbath was made (Mark 2:27) The Son of Man (Lord of Mankind) can do with the Sabbath whatever he wishes to do....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 12:8 THE SON OF MAN IS LORD OF THE SABBATH. Jesus does not challenge the Sabbath law itself but rather the Pharisees’ interpretation of it. Jesus points out the actual intent o...
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
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 12:1. PLUCK THE EARS OF CORN.—See Deuteronomy 23:25. Matthew 12:3. WHAT DAVID DID.—David’s action was not an apparent contravention of the Sabbath-law, but an apparent contra...
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...
1 Corinthians 16:2; 1 Corinthians 9:21; John 5:17; Luke 6:5; Mark 2:28
For the Son of man — Therefore they are guiltless, were it only on this account, that they act by my authority, and attend on me in my ministry, as the priests attended on God in the temple: is Lord e...
As if Christ had said, "I, who am Lord of the sabbath, declare to you, that. have. power to dispense with the observation of it: and it is my will that the sabbath, which was appointed for man, should...