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And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

That which is not lawful. That is, that which they considered to be unlawful on the sabbath day. It was made lawful by Moses, wit…

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

According to some Rabbis, you might pick an ear of wheat on the Sabbath day, but if you rubbed it between your hands, they said that was a sort of …

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 Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Why do they on the Sabbath what is not lawful? The Pharisees did not blame the disciples of Christ for plucking ears of corn from…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the Pharisees said to him
To Christ, the same they said to his disciples, (Luke 6:2) .

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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