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Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
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Answering Their Thoughts
Commentators note that Jesus wasn't responding to a spoken question but was "answering" the hostile thoughts of the Pharisees who were watching him. By proactively asking, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?", he seized control of the situation, shifting the burden of proof onto his critics before they could even voice an accusation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jesus, answering. To answer, in the Scriptures, does not always imply, as it does for us, that anything had been said before. It …
Answering (αποκριθεις). First aorist passive participle without the passive meaning. Jesus answered the thoughts of those mentione…
19th Century
Anglican
To the lawyers.—See Note on Matthew 22:35. The teaching of our Lord is identical in substance, and nearly so in form, with that in…
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Since this is the fourth time Luke records a controversy over the Sabbath (v.1), it is obvious that this was a major issue between Jesus and the re…
16th Century
Protestant
Is it lawful to cure on Sabbath? The meaning of this question is, ought the curing of a man to be considered among the works whic…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jesus answering, spoke unto the lawyers and Pharisees All the Oriental versions, …
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This Pharisee, as well as others, seems to have had an ill design in entertaining Jesus at his house. But our Lord would not be hindered from heali…
