One greater than the temple (του ιερου μειζον). Ablative of comparison, του ιερου. The Textus Receptus has μειζων, but the neuter …

One greater than the temple. Here he refers to himself, and to his own dignity and power. "I have power over the laws: I can grant to my d…

In this place is one greater than the temple — A better translation is, Here is something greater than the Temple. In the…

This instance is absolutely to the point. The priests worked hard on the Sabbath in offering sacrifice and in other appointed ways, but they were t…

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

Jesus’ second appeal is from Nu 28:9–10. Formally speaking the Levitical priests “desecrate” the Sabbath every week, since the right worship of God…

But I say to you

Who Christ knew would be ready to object, as above, and therefore prevents them, by saying,

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…