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And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

Through the cornfields (δια των σποριμων). See on Mt 12:1. So Matt. and Lu 6:1. But Mark uses παραπορευεσθα, to go along beside, u…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The corn fields. The fields sown with grain, wheat, or barley. The word corn, in the Bible, refers only to grain of that kind, an…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And it came to pass.—See Notes on Matthew 12:1-8.

As they went . . .—More literally, they began to mak…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

They had offended the Pharisees by not fasting, and now they were offending them again in a similar way, though with reference to a different matte…

Church Fathers

Church Fathers

ChurchFathers

1st Century
Early Church
1st Century

Pseudo-Chrysostom: The disciples of Christ, freed from the symbol and united to the truth, do not keep the symbolic fea…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

The main point at i ue here was not the act of harvesting the heads of grain in fields that did not belong to them. Such activity as Jesus and his …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And it came to pa
The Vulgate Latin adds, "again"; and so Beza says it was read in one of his copies:

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The sabbath is a sacred and Divine institution; a privilege and benefit, not a task and drudgery. God never designed it to be a burden to us, there…

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