For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath day.

Because the Sabbath is made for humanity, the Lord of humanity is Lord of the Sabbath. Observe, is Lord of the Sabbath. He does not, then, abolish it, but has the right to make any change in it, in the interest of mankind, that seems to him wise. That is, he has authority and power, both as God and as Mediator, to institute and appoint. Sabbath, to alter and change the Sabbath, to dispense with the breach of it upon. just and great occasion.-- Burkitt. Our Savior takes all occasions to insinuate to the Jews that he was more than man. He does it here in two instances. "If I, who am 'greater than the temple,' and ' Lord of the Sabbath,. do not reprove them, why do ye?"-- Bonnell.

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