An ass or an ox (ονος η βους). But Westcott and Hort υιος η βους (a son or an ox ). The manuscripts are much divi…

Which of you, and so on. In this way Jesus refuted the notion of the Pharisees. If it was lawful to save an ox on the Sabbath, it was also…

Which of you shall have an ass or an ox . . .—The line of thought is almost identical with that of Luke 13:15. Here, as t…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: Although our Lord knew the malice of the Pharisees, He still became their guest so that He might bene…

Jesus now turns to the Pharisees and draws them into his illustration (cf. 11:5, 11; 12:25; 14:28). “Immediately” stresses the urgency of meeting t…

Which of you shall have an ox or an ass? Though they did not deserve that Christ should take pains to remove the offense, yet he shows tha…

And answered them, saying
Murmuring secretly at what he had done:

which of you shall have an ass,…

This Pharisee, as well as others, seems to have had an ill design in entertaining Jesus at his house. But our Lord would not be hindered from heali…