Mark 2:23-3:6 ESV

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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 2:23

And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and the disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears.THE CHARGE OF SABBATH-BREAKINGThe Pharisees blew this incident up as a violation of the sabbath. It was, of course, a violation to thresh wheat on the sabbath; but the charge that Jesus' disciples' plucking a few ears of wheat, shelling them in their hands, and eating a bite as they passed along - the charge that made such actions threshing wheat on the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 2:23-24

Jesus’ disciples did something that the Mosaic Law permitted when they plucked the ears of wheat or barley (Deuteronomy 23:25). However by doing it on a Sabbath day they violated a traditional Pharisaic interpretation of the law. The Pharisees taught that to do what the disciples did constituted reaping, threshing, and winnowing, and that was forbidden work on the Sabbath (Exodus 20:10). [Note: Mishnah Shabbath 7:2.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 2:23-28

Picking grain on the Sabbath 2:23-28 (cf. Matthew 12:1-8; Luke 6:1-5) read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:1-28

The Sick of the Palsy1-12. Healing of the palsied man (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt.13-17. Call of Levi (Matthew 9:9; Luke 5:27). See on Mt.16. The scribes and Pharisees] RV ’the scribes of the Pharisees’: implying that some scribes were Sadducees, though this was rare.18-22. The controversy on fasting (Matthew 9:14; Luke 5:33). See on Mt.21. New cloth] RV ’undressed cloth.’ Else the new piece] RV ’else that which should fill it up, taketh from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 2:23-28

(23-28) And it came to pass.—See Notes on Matthew 12:1-8.As they went . . .—More literally, they began to make a path (or perhaps, to make their way), plucking the ears of corn. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Mark 2:1-28

Mark 2:14 The chosen Apostles themselves misunderstand and misinterpret their Master. Peter, after being told that his confession is the rock on which the Church should be built, is spoken of as a tempter and an offence to his Master, as one who savours not of the things which are of God, but of those which are of men. John is twice rebuked, once for his revengeful spirit, once for his short-sighted ambition. Judas's treachery is predicted. All the twelve are warned that they will fail at the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

CHAPTER 2:23-28 (Mark 2:23-28)THE SABBATH"And it came to pass, that He was going on the sabbath day through the cornfields; and His disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. And the Pharisees said unto Him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? And He said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him? How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and did eat... read more

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 2:23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 2:23-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 2:23-28

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:1-28

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 2:23-28

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Mark 2:1-28

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

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