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At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
MATTHEW CHAPTER 12
At that time. Luke 6:1 fixes the time more particularly. He says that it was the second Sabbath a…
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19th Century
Anglican
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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
