Even of the sabbath (κα του σαββατου). Mark, Matthew (Matthew 12:8), and Luke (Luke 6:5) all give this as …

Therefore the Son of man, etc. See Barnes on Matthew 12:8.

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

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

He has made it no longer a day of bondage, but a day of blessed rest and holy service for God. Works of necessity, works of piety, and works of mer…

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

The follow-up pronouncement is preceded by the phrase “Then he said to them” (cf. 4:2b, 11, 21, 24, 26; 6:10; 7:9; 8:21; 9:1), suggesting an indepe…

Therefore the son of man is Lord also of the sabbath . ] Meaning himself, who had a power not only to dispense with it, b…

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…