On the sabbath day through the cornfields (τοις σαββασιν δια των σποριμων). This paragraph begins exactly like 11:25 "at that seas…

MATTHEW CHAPTER 12

At that time. Luke 6:1 fixes the time more particularly. He says that it was the second Sabbath a…

At that time — St. Luke (Luke 6:1) defines the time more specifically as “the second first sabbath.” The question of w…

They were probably on their way to the synagogue. They were allowed by law to take ears of grain as they passed along, but the Pharisees' objection…

Glossa Ordinaria: After relating the preaching along with the miracles of one year before John's inquiry, He moves on to those…

The Jewish rules of conduct about the Sabbath were extremely detailed, though for many Jews of Jesus’ day, the Sabbath was a joyful festival, a sig…

Jesus was walking on the Sabbath. It was the design of the Evangelists, in this history, to show partly what a malicious disposition the P…

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn ,
&c.] That is, the corn fields, as the other evangelist…

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 slende…