Matthew 12:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 12:11

Healing on the Sabbath

9 ^aNow when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue.

10 And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, ^a“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—that they might accuse Him.

11 Then He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

12 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

13 Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and it was restored as whole as the other.

14 Then ^athe Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.

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If we read on in Matthew 12:9, we would find one of seven different instances where Jesus actually heals on the Sabbath to teach a lesson. As the Pharisees asked if it is lawful to heal on the Sabbath, Jesus responds here.

So from the beginning, God rested from physical work on the Sabbath, and so must we, brethren. But from the beginning, God's spiritual work on the Sabbath never ceases, and so must our spiritual work on the Sabbath never cease. It is lawful for the priests to serve in the Tabernacle and it is always lawful to do good on the Sabbath.

Excerpted from God's Promise of Rest

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There's a broad principle there. It is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.

Excerpted from The Fourth Commandment (Part 2)

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