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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Luke 6:2

The Scribes and Pharisees boasted much, as do many modern teachers, of their great knowledge of Scriptures, but our Saviour often sheweth their profound ignorance. (Bristow)

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See also Luke 6:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Luke 6:2. _WHICH IS NOT LAWFUL_] See on Matthew 12:2....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Son of Man the Lord of the Sabbath. (Luke 6:1)_ 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed. (Luke 6:6) 3. The Twelve Apostles Chosen. (Luke 6:12) 4. Blessing and Woe. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SABBATH OBSERVANCE (Mark 2:23 *, Matthew 12:1 *). There is little change to note here. No satisfactory explanation has been found of Luke 6:1 _mg._ It is a gloss not found in the best MSS. Codex Bezæ...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    One Sabbath day, Jesus happened to be going through the corn fields, and his disciples were plucking the ears of corn and rubbing them in their hands and eating them. Some of the Pharisees said, "Why...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE INCREASING OPPOSITION (Luke 6:1-5)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105. Not the same word _as_ in verses: Luke 6:29; Luke 6:30; Luke 6:37; Luke 29:39;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _certain of the Pharisees_ On the Jewish sects see Excursus VI. As the chronological sequence of the incident is uncertain, these may be some of the spy-Pharisees who as His ministry advanced dogged H...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΤΙΝῈΣ ΔῈ ΤΩ͂Ν ΦΑΡΙΣΑΊΩΝ. On the Jewish sects see Excursus VI. As the chronological sequence of the incident is uncertain, these may be some of the spy-Pharisees who as Christ’s ministry advanced dogge...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Luke 6:1-5. THE DISCIPLES PLUCK THE EARS OF CORN ON THE SABBATH. (Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28.)...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 1. And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. 2. And cer...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΕΊΠΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004)....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Plucking Grain on the Sabbath Scripture_ Luke 6:1-5 Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and did eat,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Mercy (Luke 6:1-11) 6 On a sabbath, while he was going through the grain fields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. 2But some...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. For the exposi...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    21-28 Compare Mat_9:9; Mar_2:13-14. 21 Human wisdom and expedience would have urged our Lord to choose for His apostles men of the highest character and reputation. Instead, He chooses those that were...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CHOICE OF THE TWELVE. SERMON IN THE PLAIN 1-5. Plucking the ears of corn (Matthew 12:1; Mark 2:23). See on Mt and Mk....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 HOW TO USE THE *SABBATH 6:1-11 1. THE *DISCIPLES IN THE FIELDS OF CORN 6:1-5 V1 Jesus was walking through some fields of wheat on a *Sabbath. His...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    τινὲς : more exact than Mt. and Mk., who say the Pharisees generally, but not necessary to make their meaning clear. Of course it was only some of the class....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The ears of corn_ (Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28). ἐν σαββάτῳ : Mk. makes no attempt to locate this incident in his history beyond indicating that it happened on _Sabbath_. Mt. uses a phrase which nat...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE RIGHT USE OF THE SABBATH Luke 6:1-11 It was a brave and bold step for Jesus to set Himself against the ritualistic proscriptions of the ruling religious party of His age. How many who had hoped t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In a synagogue our Lord healed the man with a withered hand, and the religious watchers were filled with anger because, according to their view, our Lord had desecrated the Sabbath. Surely, there is n...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    CHAPTER 14 JESUS RETURNS TO GALILEE Matthew 12:1-18; Mark 2:23-28, and Luke 6:1-5. We find that our Lord spent but two weeks at Jerusalem during this tour, preaching and working miracles all the time...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    5. _A Sabbath Scene: Luke 6:1-5_. The two Sabbath scenes which follow, provoke, at last, the outbreak of the conflict, which, as we have seen, has long been gathering strength. We have already noted s...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (1) And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. (2) And certa...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The circumstances related in Luke 6:1-10 have reference to the same truth, and in an important aspect. The sabbath was the sign of the covenant between Israel and God rest after finished works. The Ph...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND CERTAIN OF THE PHARISEES SAID UNTO THEM,.... Unto the disciples. The Evangelists Matthew and Mark say, that they said this to Jesus: no doubt but they said it to both, first to one, and then to th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? Ver. 2. _That which is not lawful_] Our Saviour grants that it had not been lawful indeed, b...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _On the second sabbath after the first_ The original expression here, εν Σαββατω δευτεροπρωτω, says Dr. Whitby, “should have been rendered, _In the first sabbath after the second day_, namely, of unle...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    SECOND SABBATH AFTER THE FIRST; the first was that which occurred on the second day of the feast of the Passover. The second Sabbath was the next, and was the first of the seven that were to precede t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DISPUTES CONCERNING SABBATH OBSERVANCE. Luke 6:1 The Lord of the Sabbath:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND CERTAIN OF THE PHARISEES SAID UNTO THEM, WHY DO YE THAT WHICH IS NOT LAWFUL TO DO ON THE SABBATH-DAYS?...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    LORD OF THE SABBATH (vs.1-11) "The second Sabbath after the first" is literally translated the "second-first Sabbath" (JND trans.), an unusual expression. The first Sabbath was that following the Pas...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 Christ justifies his disciples in a work of necessity for themselves on the sabbath day, and that was plucking the ears of corn when they were hungry. But we must take heed that we mistake not thi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 6:2...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 6:2 And G1161 some G5100 Pharisees G5330 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 Why G5101 doing G4160 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘But certain of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?” Some of the Pharisees became aware of what His disciples were doing. It may be that they had been walki...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Luke 6:2. ‘Unto them' is to be omitted. Still the disciples are addressed, in Matthew and Mark, our Lord. They remonstrated with those who did the unlawful act, but would make our Lord responsible for...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    See on Matthew 12:1-14; Mark 2:23 to Mark 3:6. Luke's account resembles more closely that of Mark, but the arguments in regard to Sabbath observance are found in both the other narratives. There are a...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jesus and the Sabbath. Healing of a withered hand. Choosing of the twelve. Sermon on the Mount. Parable of the house built on a rock. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, Pharisees, David, ma...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Luke 6:1. _On the second sabbath after the first._ The Hebrew law is, Leviticus 23:11, on the morrow after the sabbath, the priest shall wave the sheaf east and west, north and south, to denote the un...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    THROUGH SOME WHEAT FIELDS ON A SABBATH DAY. For notes on the argument with the Pharisees, see Matthew 12:1-14. [Note: _corn_ is wheat or barley in England; oats in Scotland.]...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after the first, that He went through the corn-fields_ THE SECOND-FIRST SABBATH This is a very difficult phrase, and all explanations of it must be conject...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 6:2 SOME... PHARISEES considered plucking grain on the Sabbath to be work and therefore forbidden. YOU (plural) includes Jesus in his disciples’ activity; a teacher was responsible f...

  • The Gospels Compared

    THE DISCIPLES PICK WHEAT ON THE SABBATH MATTHEW 12:1-8; MARK 2:23-28; LUKE 6:1-5; MATTHEW 12:1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day throug

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 6 VER. 1. _And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after the first._ On the second Sabbath. The Arabic version. What was this Sabbath? 1. The eighth day of unleavened bread or the last day...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 6:1. SECOND SABBATH AFTER THE FIRST.—Or, “second-first Sabbath.” This is an almost unintelligible phrase. It is omitted in some very ancient MSS., and is relegated to the margin...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LUKE 6:1 _The Lord_'_s teaching on the question of the observance of the sabbath._ LUKE 6:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SECOND SABBATH AFTER THE FIRST. The expression accompanying this n...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now it came to pass on the second Sabbath (Luke 6:1) Now He is going to deal with a couple of instances on the Sabbath day. We've been introduced now to the Pharisees; they're beginning to really get...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 22:10; Exodus 31:15; Exodus 35:2; Isaiah 58:13; John 5:16;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Not lawful. See on Matthew 12:2....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Why do ye — St. Matthew and Mark represent the Pharisees as proposing the question to our Lord himself. It was afterward, probably, they proposed it to his disciples....

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