Is it lawful? (ε εξεστιν). The use of ε in direct questions is really elliptical and seems an imitation of the Hebrew (Robertson, …

A man which had his hand withered. This was probably one form of the palsy. (See Barnes on Matthew 4:24).

Mark and Luke mentioned s…

There was a man who had a withered hand — Two facts are implied:

1. The Pharisees expected our Lord to heal thi…

The incident was noteworthy, and therefore it is mentioned with a “behold.” It was remarkable that so very soon a case occurred to bring up again t…

St. Jerome: Because He had vindicated His disciples with sound examples from the charge of breaking the Sabbath, the Pharisee…

The action moves from the field to the synagogue. Matthew makes plain the malice in the Pharisees. The form of the their question in v.10 is genera…

They asked him, saying. Mark and Luke say only that they watched what our Lord would do; but Matthew states more clearly that the…

And behold, there was a man who had his hand withered ,
&c.] Or dry; the juices were dried up, the nerves and sinews…

Christ shows that works of mercy are lawful and proper to be done on the Lord's day. There are more ways of doing well on Sabbath days than by the …