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Matthew 12:1

Matthew 12:1
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mat 12:1-8. The account contained in these verses is also recorded in Mar 2:23-28, and Luk 6:1-5. At that time - Luke Luk 6:1 fixes the time more particularly. He says that it was “the second Sabbath…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Matthew 12:1-13

The Jewish teachers had corrupted many of the commandments, by interpreting them more loosely than they were intended; a mistake which Christ discovered and rectified (ch. 5) in his sermon on the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Matthew 12:1-13

Mat 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 Mar 2:23-28; Mar 3:1-5; St Luk 6:1-11.

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