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Not Stealing, But "Working"
Commentators clarify that the disciples were not stealing; Jewish law permitted plucking grain from a field's edge. The Pharisees' accusation was that this act constituted "work" (reaping and threshing) on the Sabbath. The conflict wasn't about theft but about burdensome, man-made religious rules that Jesus came to correct.
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 12:1
18th Century
Theologian
MATTHEW CHAPTER 12
At that time. Luke 6:1 fixes the time more particularly. He says that it was the second Sabbath a…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 12:1
On the sabbath day through the cornfields (τοις σαββασιν δια των σποριμων). This paragraph begins exactly like 11:25 "at that seas…
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 12:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 12:1
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…
John Calvin
On Matthew 12:1
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Matthew 12:1
17th Century
Pastor
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn ,
&c.] That is, the corn fields, as the other evangelist…
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 12:1–8
17th Century
Minister
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…