The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:10
And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered; and behold a man having a withered hand (Revised Version, with Westcott and Hort). For the quotation by Jerome from "the Gospel which the Nazarenes and Ebionites use", in which this man tells our Lord, " Coementarius (a mason) eram, manibus vietum quaeritans ," see especially Resch, 'Agrapha,' p. 379. And they asked him, saying . In the narrative of healing the man with the dropsy, found in Luke 14:1-6 ( vide supra ), a... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 12:9-21
The mission of Christ. In the last paragraph we learn how Jesus showed that works of necessity are lawful on the sabbath day. In the paragraph before us we see that works of mercy also are lawful. If under the Law the spirit of the sabbath was binding rather than the letter, how much more so under the gospel! The subject teaches us that Christ came amongst men— I. TO VANQUISH MALIGNITY . 1 . Malignity was embodied in the Pharisees. 2 . Malignity is vanquished by... read more