Marcos 2:23-25 NVT

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

Love greater than law. I. HUMAN LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MEANS OF LIVING . All laws, ceremonial or otherwise, may be regarded as means towards ends. What end do we know higher than human weal and bliss? Christ points out that this is the real end of legislation—man, his education, his good, physical and spiritual. II. IT IS A GROSS FALLACY TO PUT THE MEANS BEFORE THE END . This the Pharisees did. They said, "Man for the sabbath." Christ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

Parallel passages: Matthew 12:1-8 ; Luke 6:1-5 .— Sabbath observance. I. WORSHIP , NOT AMUSEMENT , SUITS THE SABBATH . The common heading of this section in the Gospels is, "The disciples pluck the ears of corn on the sabbath day," On this occasion our Lord and his disciples were out walking on the sabbath; but they were not walking for pleasure or even for health. They were on their way to the house of God, as we learn from the parallel passage in St. Matthew, where we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:24

That which is not lawful . The supposed unlawfulness was not the plucking of the ears of corn with the hand, which was expressly permitted by the Law ( Deuteronomy 23:25 ), but the plucking and eating on the sabbath day. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:25-26

David … and they that were with him . This seems opposed to what we read in 1 Samuel 21:1-15 ., where David is stated to have been alone. But the facts appear to have been these, that David, fleeing from Saul, went alone to Ahimelech the high priest, and sought and obtained five loaves of the "shewbread," which he carried away with him to his companions in flight, and shared with them; for he says ( 1 Samuel 21:2 ), "I have appointed my servants to such and such a place." This incident... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 2:23-28

See Matthew 12:1-8.The cornfields - The fields sown with wheat or barley. The word “corn,” in the Bible, refers only to grain of that kind, and never to “maize” or “Indian corn.”To pluck the ears of corn - They were hungry, Matthew 12:1. They therefore gathered the wheat or barley as they walked and rubbed it in their hands to shell it, and thus to satisfy their appetite. Though our Lord was with them, and though he had all things at his control, yet he suffered them to resort to this method of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 2:23

Mark 2:23. He went through the corn-fields This passage we had Matthew 12:1-8, where it was largely explained. In the days of Abiathar the high-priest From the passage in the history referred to, (1 Samuel 21:1-9,) it appears that Abimelech, the father of Abiathar, was then high-priest; Abiathar himself not till some time after. This phrase, therefore, only means, In the time of Abiathar, who was afterward high- priest. The sabbath was made for man And therefore must give way to man’s... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

34. Picking corn on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5)When the Pharisees criticized Jesus’ disciples for picking a few pieces of corn to eat on the Sabbath, Jesus defended his disciples by referring to two examples from the Old Testament. First, when David and his men were very hungry and urgently needed food, they were rightly allowed to eat the holy bread of the tabernacle, which normally only priests were allowed to eat (Matthew 12:1-4; cf. 1 Samuel 21:1-6). Second, even... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 2:23

through . Greek. dia. App-104 , Mark 2:1 . on = in, or during. Greek. en. App-104 . as they went . Greek. to make their way. AHebreism. See Judges 17:8 (marg,): = as they journeyed; not to make a path by destroying the stalks of corn, but only plucking "the ears". to pluck , &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 23:25 ). Compare App-92 . A recognised custom to this present clay, not only for travellers, but for their horses. So with grapes (Deuteronomy 23:24 ), read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 2:24

Behold = Look. App-133 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 2:25

Have ye never read . . . ? = Did ye never read . . . ? See App-143 . Figure of speech Anteieagoge, App-6 . never = not (as in Mark 2:17 ). had need. A Divine supplement to "was hungry"(Matthew and Luke). Occurs only in Mark. "Lied need" is, generic, and "was hungered" is specific (explaining the need). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:25-26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 2:23-28

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 2:23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 2:23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 2:24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 2:25

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