Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
How much then is a man (posw oun diaferei anqrwpov). Another of Christ's pregnant questions that goes to the roots of things, an a fortiori argument. "By how much does a human being differ from a sheep? That is the question which Christian civilization has not even yet adequately answered" (Bruce). The poor pettifogging Pharisees are left in the pit.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 12:12:
Mark 3:5
Luke 6:6
John 5:9
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