Matthew 12:1

Matthew 12:1

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

1 At that time ^aJesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. And His disciples were hungry, and began to ^bpluck heads of grain and to eat.

2 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”

3 But He said to them, “Have you not read ^awhat David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him:

4 how he entered the house of God and ate ^athe showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, ^bbut only for the priests?

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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On the sabbath day through the cornfields (toiv sabbasin dia twn sporimwn). This paragraph begins exactly like Matthew 11:25 "at that season" (en ekeinw tw kairw), a general statement with no clear idea of time. So also Matthew 14:1. The word kairov means a definite and particular time, but we cannot fix it. The word "cornfields" does not mean our maize or Indian corn, but simply fields of grain (wheat or even barley).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 12:1:**

Mark 2:23
Mark 2:23
Luke 6:1
Luke 6:4
John 5:9
Romans 16:9
Revelation 1:3

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