Is it lawful?
(ε εξεστιν). The use of ε in direct questions is really elliptical and seems an imitation of the Hebrew (Robertson, Grammar, p. 916). See also Matthew 19:3. It is not translated in English.
Verse Matthew 12:10. _A MAN WHICH HAD_ HIS _HAND WITHERED._] Probably through a partial _paralysis_. The man's hand was withered; but God's mercy had still preserved to him the use of his feet: He us...
The account contained in these verses is recorded also in Mark 3:1, and Luke 6:6. Matthew 12:10 THE VERY HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED - That is, each one has exerci
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...
THE SABBATH HEALING WHICH DETERMINED PHARISAIC HOSTILITY (Mark 3:1 *, Luke 6:6). Mt. makes the Pharisees utter their question, and Jesus to reply, in words found in another connexion in Lk. (Luke 14:5...
III. DOING GOOD ON THE SABBATH. 10.. MAN WHICH HAD HIS HAND WITHERED. That is, dried up from. deficient absorption of the nutriment. Luke says his "right hand." The disease here indicated results in....
He left there and went into their synagogue. And, look you, there was a man there with a withered hand. So they asked him, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath?" They asked this question in order t...
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...
MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123. ON THE SABBATH DAYS. This was the first of seven miracles wrought on the sabbath. See Mark 1:21.Luke 13:11; 2 John 1:5;...
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...
_his hand withered_ i. e. paralysed or affected by atrophy. St Luke has "his _right_hand....
ΧΕΙ͂ΡΑ ἜΧΩΝ ΞΗΡΆΝ, i.e. paralysed or affected by atrophy. St Luke has ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἡ δεξιά. ΕἸ does not introduce direct questions in Attic Greek. For this later use, compare Latin _an_ and even _si_...
THE OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH...
Ver 9. And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 10. And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days...
_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...
ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь. _Adj. part._ ΞΗΡΌΣ (G3584) сухой, иссушенный, парализованный (DA). ΈΠΗΡΏΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΕΡΩΤΆΩ (G1905) задавать вопросы. _Praes._ является ди...
AND THEY ASKED HIM, &C.— That is, the Pharisees, Matthew 12:14 who, when they saw Jesus going to perform the cure, put this question to him, _Is it lawful,_ &c.? by which they declared in the stronges...
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...
And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN WHICH HAD H...
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'...
A MAN] In the so-called Gospel of the Hebrews (65-100 a.d.) the man with the withered hand is described as a mason, who begged help from Jesus, saying, 'I was a mason earning my living with my hands....
ANOTHER SABBATH CONTROVERSY. THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND (Mark 3:1; Luke 6:6). The sequence is the same in all the evangelists. St. Luke mentions that this took place on another sabbath....
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...
THERE WAS A MAN WHICH HAD HIS HAND WITHERED. — Two facts are implied: (1.) That the Pharisees expected our Lord to heal the man thus afflicted. They knew that commonly the mere sight of suffering of t...
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'...
_A Sabbath cure_ (Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11): not necessarily happening immediately after. Matthew and Luke follow Mark's order, which is topical, not historical; another instance of collision as to Sab...
καὶ ἰδοὺ, here, as in Matthew 8:2; Matthew 9:2, introducing in a lively manner the story. ξηράν, a _dry_ hand, possibly a familiar expression in Hebrew pathology (De Wette); useless, therefore a serio...
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...
Is it lawful? His enemies perceiving in what manner he excused his disciples, have recourse to a fresh stratagem. (St. Jerome) --- By this question they did not seek learning or improvement, but merel...
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...
THE WITHERED HAND Matthew 12:9-14; Mark 3:1-6; and Luke 6:6-11. Our Lord and His disciples have again reached Galilee, their native land. Luke notifies us that this incident transpired on the Sabbath...
"And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: (10) And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? tha...
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...
10._They asked him, saying. _Mark and Luke say only that they _watched _what our Lord would do; but Matthew states more clearly that they also attacked him by words. It is probable, that some others h...
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...
AND BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN WHICH HAD HIS HAND WITHERED,.... Or dry; the juices were dried up, the nerves and sinews contracted, so that it was of no manner of use to him: Luke says, it was his right...
And, behold, there was a man which had _his_ hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. Ver. 10. _Which had his hand withered_] S...
_There was a man which had his hand withered_ The nerves and sinews of it being shrunk up, so that it was entirely useless. _And they _ Namely, the scribes and Pharisees, who had either mixed with the...
AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN WHICH HAD HIS HAND WITHERED, AND THEY ASKED HIM, SAYING, IS IT LAWFUL TO HEAL ON THE SABBATH DAYS? THAT THEY MIGHT ACCUSE HIM....
The application of these principles:...
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...
9-13 Christ shows that works of mercy are lawful and proper to be done on the Lord's day. There are more ways of doing well upon sabbath days, than by the duties of worship: attending the sick, relie...
Mark, repeating the same history, saith, MARK 3:1,2, _There was a man which had a withered hand, and they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day, that they might accuse him._ So sai...
Matthew 12:10 And G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) was G2258 (G5713) man G444 had G2192 (G5723) withered...
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 MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND (12:9-16). Having described the rejection of Himself and John by the general people, the rejection of His Messianic signs by the local towns, and the hostility of the P...
‘And behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?” so that they might accuse him.' As usual Matthew sticks to the bare facts. There was a...
Matthew 12:10. A MAN HAVING A WITHERED HAND. It was not only paralyzed, but dried up. According to Luke, the right hand; the language used by Mark implies that this was the effect of accident or disea...
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...
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...
IS IT AGAINST OUR LAW? Luke says it was the man's right hand. It was crippled [withered, paralyzed], so it could not be used. This made a perfect test-case for the Pharisees and teachers of the Law (s...
_And behold there was a man which had his hand withered._ THE WITHERED HAND I. The person to whom the command in our text is addressed. 1. TO a man who was hopelessly incapable of obeying. The hand...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 12:9 HEAL ON THE SABBATH. The rabbis had many regulations that defined what “work” was prohibited on the Sabbath. These legalistic regulations were never God’s intent for the O...
JESUS HEALS A MAN'S HAND ON THE SABBATH MATTHEW 12:9-14; MARK 3:1-6; LUKE 6:6-11; MATTHEW 12:9 And when he was departed thence, he went into the
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 12:10. HAND WITHERED.—Shrunk and dried by some kind of atrophy. IS IT LAWFUL, etc.—Talmudical scholars tell us that in later days the Rabbins differed on the point, but that t...
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...
1 Kings 13:4; Isaiah 32:6; Isaiah 59:13; Isaiah 59:4; John 5:10;...
Is it lawful ? [ε ι ε ξ ε σ τ ι ν]. The eij can hardly be rendered into English. It gives an indeterminate, hesitating character to the question : I would like to know if, etc....