Matthew 12:1

1. The disciples pluck ears of corn on the Sabbath. 2. A man with a withered hand cured on the Sabbath.

Mark 2:23-28; Mark 3:1-5; Luke 6:1-11

1. ἐπορεύθη. St Luke has the less classical ἐγένετο διαπορεύεσθαι.

τοῖς σάββασιν. For the form as if from a sing. σάββας -ατος see Winer 73. τὸ σάββατον and τὰ σάββατα, whether in singular or plural, mean (1) the sabbath, ἐν τῷ σαββάτῳ, Luke 6:7. ὄψε δὲ σαββάτων, Matthew 28:1. (2) The week, πρώτη σαββἀτου, Mark 16:9. εἰς μίαν σαββάτων, Matthew 28:1.

ἐπείνασαν. A late form for ἐπείνησαν. So πεινᾶν and πεινᾷ for Attic πεινῆν and πεινῇ.

ἤρξαντο τίλλειν στάχυας. The Pharisees, who seem to have been watching their opportunity, make the objection as soon as the disciples began what by Pharisaic rules was an unlawful act.