Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Matthew 12:1-13
THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH
THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH
CHAPTER XII. _Jesus and his disciples go through the cornfields on the_ _Sabbath, and the latter pluck and eat some of the ears, at_ _which the Pharisees take offence_, 1, 2. _Our Lord vindicates...
Matthew 12:1. The account contained in these verses is also recorded in Mark 2:23, and Luke 6:1. AT THAT TIME - Luke...
9. THE REJECTION CONSUMMATED AND THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIP. CHAPTER 12 1. The Hungry Disciples and the Accusing Pharisees. (Matthew 12:1 .) 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed.(Matthew 12:10 .) 3...
SABBATH OBSERVANCE (Mark 2:23 *, Luke 6:1). The incident shows that the disciples were learning their Master's teaching. Deuteronomy 23:25 allowed the practice, but the Rabbinical objection to it on t...
JESUS AND THE SABBATH. -- Matthew 12:1-14. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ It is lawful to do well on the Sabbath day._ -- Matthew 12:12. TIME. --A. D. 28. It must have been the early summer, as the ripe ears of cor...
At that time Jesus went through the cornfields on the Sabbath day. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, ...
CRISIS (Matthew 12:1-50) In Matthew 12:1-50 we read the history of a series of crucial events in the life of Jesus. In every man's life there are decisive moments, times and events on which the whole...
TIME. season. CORN. cornfields....
Matthew 12:1-13. The Observance of the Sabbath 1. The disciples pluck ears of corn on the Sabbath. 2. A man with a withered hand cured on the Sabbath. St Mark 2:23-28; Mark 3:1-5; St...
_began to pluck the ears of corn_ 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....
Ver 1. At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto...
_THE PHARISEES REJECTED THE SAVIOR MATTHEW 12:1-21_ : The Bible is plain in showing that it is wrong to fail to be as strict as God intents. But, the Bible also shows that it is wrong to be stricter t...
ΈΠΟΡΕΎΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти, ΣΠΌΡΙΜΟΣ (G4702) засеянные зерном поля, прорастающее зерно (BAGD). ΈΠΕΊΝΑΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΙΝΆΩ (G3983) испытывать голод; inch. _...
ON THE SABBATH-DAY— See the note on Luke 6:1 where the Evangelist points out the sabbath and day whereon this happened, _Through the corn_ means through the paths that were in the corn. The word σταχυ...
SECTION 26 JESUS ANSWERS CHARGES OF SABBATH BREAKING (Parallels: Mark 2:23 to Mark 3:6; Luke 6:1-11) TEXT: 12:1-14 I. SUSPICION 1. At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grain-f...
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. The season of the year when this occurred is determi...
27 See Joh_3:35; Joh_17:2. 28 It is this God-consciousness, this recognition of His hand in all things, and more especially in that which is opposed to His apparent will, which gives His slaves heart'...
AT THAT TIME] RV 'season.' This is one of the few events that can be accurately dated. The corn is in the ear, but not yet quite ripe for reaping. The time is therefore about May (perhaps April), and...
PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath (Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees. It is...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE GOD’S REST DAY 12:1-14 Matthew gives two examples of the ‘*yoke’ of the *Jewish law: 1. The *disciples...
XII. (1) AT THAT TIME. — St. Luke (Luke 6:1) defines the time more specifically as “the second first sabbath.” The question, what is meant by that term, will be discussed in the Notes on that passage....
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
σάββασιν : dative plural, as if from σάββατ - ος, other cases (genitive, singular and plural, dative, singular, accusative, plural) are formed from σάββατον (_vide_ Matthew 12:2). διὰ τῶν σπορίμων mig...
_Plucking ears of corn on the Sabbath_ (Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5). Sabbath observance was one of the leading causes of conflict between Jesus and the guardians of religion and morality. This is the fi...
THE RIGHT USE OF THE SABBATH Matthew 12:1-14 The Pharisees had introduced a large number of minute and absurd restrictions on Sabbath observance; so our Lord set Himself to recover the day of rest fo...
This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabba...
At (1) that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. (1) Of the true sanctifying of the sabbath, and th...
And his disciples being hungry. How truly admirable is the conduct of the apostles, who would not depart from the company of Jesus, though pressed by the greatest hunger and fatigue, not even to take...
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...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
Matthew 12:1._Jesus was walking on the Sabbath _It was the design of the Evangelists, in this history, to show partly what a malicious disposition the Pharisees had, and partly how superstitiously the...
At length the rejection of the nation, in consequence of their contempt of the Lord, is plainly shewn, as well as the cessation of all His relations with them as such, in order to bring out on God's p...
AT THAT TIME JESUS WENT ON THE SABBATH DAY THROUGH THE CORN,.... That is, the corn fields, as the other evangelists express it. It being on a sabbath day, it is very probable, that Christ and his disc...
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. Ver. 1. _Jesus went on the Sabbath day_] St Luke calle...
_Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn_ The cornfields near Jerusalem, attended by his disciples and some of the Pharisees, whose curiosity, it is probable, prompted them to mix with the crow...
CORN; in the Scriptures this word means grain of any kind, especially wheat and barley, which were common grains of Palestine. PLUCK THE EARS; picked off the heads, and rubbed them in their hands to...
THE LORD OF THE SABBATH. The hungry disciples: AT THAT TIME, JESUS WENT ON THE SABBATH DAY THROUGH THE CORN, AND HIS DISCIPLES WERE AN HUNGERED, AND BEGAN TO PLUCK THE EARS OF CORN, AND TO EAT. While...
We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that t...
1-8 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 slender provision for Christ and his disciples; but they were conte...
MATTHEW CHAPTER 12 MATTHEW 12:1 Christ alleges scripture in excuse of his disciples, whom the Pharisees charged with breaking the sabbath in plucking the ears of corn on the sabbath day. MATTHEW 12:9...
Matthew 12:1 At G1722 that G1565 time G2540 Jesus G2424 went G4198 (G5675) through G1223 grainfields G4702 Sabbath...
CONTROVERSY WITH THE PHARISEES ABOUT THE SABBATH. THE SON OF MAN IS LORD OF THE SABBATH (12:1-16). In the last passage Matthew has depicted words of Jesus concerning the heavy burden of the Law and th...
THE INCIDENT IN THE GRAINFIELDS (12:1-8). The first incident arises when Jesus and His disciples are walking through some grainfields. Being hungry they pluck some of the grain, and eat it. This is t...
‘At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields, and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat.' ‘At that time.' This is again a phrase that connects with what h...
CHRONOLOGY. Mark and Luke place the events of this section just before the _choice of the Twelve_, which occurred during our Lord's retirement. The season of the year may have been April, at which tim...
Matthew 12:1. AT THAT TIME, or ‘season.' Here used indefinitely. See Luke 6:1, as to the date. THROUGH THE GRAIN FIELDS. The grain was probably barley, which ripens in April in that region and is us...
ON THE SABBATH DAY THROUGH THE CORNFIELDS (τοις σαββασιν δια των σποριμων). This paragraph begins exactly like Matthew 11:25 "at that season" (εν εκεινω τω καιρω), a general statement with no clear...
SABBATH (1) The sabbath ("cessation") appears in Scripture as the day of God's rest in the finished work of creation. (Genesis 2:2). For 2500 years of human life absolutely no mention is made of it....
CONTENTS: Jesus announces Himself Lord of Sabbath, Controversy with Pharisees. Healing of the withered hand. A demoniac healed. The unpardonable sin. Death and resurrection foretold. Deficiency of sel...
Matthew 12:2. _Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day._ The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their fea...
NOT LONG AFTERWARD. Not far from the first of May about the time when grain begins to ripen in the fields of Judea. WALKING THROUGH THE WHEAT FIELDS. There were paths through the fields. BEGAN TO PICK...
_Behold Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day._ 1. It is no new thing to see men who are otherwise learned, and are in account for their holiness in the church, to be a...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 12:1 PLUCK HEADS OF GRAIN. The edges of a field were usually left unharvested so that the poor and hungry, foreigners, orphans, and widows could gather food for themselves (see...
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
1-50 CHAPTER XII. _At that time Jesus went through the corn fields_ (Through the crops of corn becoming white, or ripe), &c. Luke adds that this Sabbath was the first from the second (_Vulg_.); which...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 12:1. PLUCK THE EARS OF CORN.—See Deuteronomy 23:25. Matthew 12:3. WHAT DAVID DID.—David’s action was not an apparent contravention of the Sabbath-law, but an apparent contra...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 12:1 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1); (2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-4
Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law...
Deuteronomy 23:25; Luke 6:1; Mark 2:23...
Time [κ α ι ρ ω]. Rev., season. The word implies a particular time; as related to some event, a convenient, appropriate time; absolutely, a particular point of time, or a particular season, like sprin...
His disciples plucked the ears of corn, and ate — Just what sufficed for present necessity: dried corn was a common food among the Jews. Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1....
Did Jesus’ disciples break the Jewish Sabbath law? PROBLEM: Jesus said, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17). Yet Jesu...
Observe here, The poor estate and low condition of Christ's own disciples in this world; they wanted bread, and are forced to pluck the ears of corn to satisfy their hunger. God sometimes suffers his...