Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The guiltless (touv anaitiouv). So in verse Matthew 12:5. Common in ancient Greek. No real ground against, it means an + aitiov. Jesus quotes Hosea 6:6 here as he did in Matthew 9:13. A pertinent prophecy that had escaped the notice of the sticklers for ceremonial literalness and the letter of the law.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 12:7:
Matthew 9:13
Mark 2:23
Luke 6:4
John 5:9
James 2:13
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