Mark 2:26 NIV

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 2:26

in the days of. Greek. epi. App-104 . Abiathar. Called Ahimelech in 1 Samuel 21:1 ; 1Sa 22:9 , 1 Samuel 22:11 , 1 Samuel 22:20 ; and Ahiah in 1 Samuel 14:3 . The father and his son Ahiathar must have had two names, as was frequently the case. And why left, as in our own day? In 2 Samuel 8:17 , and 1 Chronicles 18:16 , we have Ahimelech the son of Abiathar; and in 1 Samuel 22:20 Abiathar the son of Abimelech (who was the son of Ahitub). There is no "confusion in the Hebrew text". The Lord's... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 2:26

How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him?Abiathar ... The alternative reading (English Revised Version (1885)), "in the days of Abiathar" is correct, apparently because Abiathar was not high priest at the time referred to, but later when David was king. His father Ahimelech was high priest when David ate the showbread (1 Samuel 21:1-6). It could also be... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 2:26

Mark 2:26. In the days of Abiathar— In the history, the priest from whom David received the shew-bread is called Ahimelech; and it is generally agreed that he was the high-priest, because Doeg accused him of inquiring of the Lord for David, (1 Samuel 22:10.) a thing which none but the priest, having on him the ephod, could do. If that be true, Ahimelech must have been the high-priest, becausehe himself confessed that he had often inquired of the Lord formerly without blame, Mar 2:15 accordingly... 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 2:25-26

The incident Jesus referred to is in 1 Samuel 21:1-6. Mark was the only evangelist to mention that Abiathar was the high priest then. This seemingly contradicts the Old Testament since Ahimelech, the father or Abiathar, was the high priest then according to the writer of 1 Samuel. The best solution to this problem seems to be that Jesus referred to Abiathar because he was the better-known priest during David’s reign. The phrase "in the time of" or "in the days of" probably means "during the... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Mark 2:26

2:26 of] (b-12) i.e. in the section of a book in which the fact is recorded. 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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 2:26

(26) In the days of Abiathar the high priest.—St. Mark’s is the only record that gives the name of the high priest, and in so doing it creates an historical difficulty. In 1 Samuel 21:1, Ahimelech is named as exercising the high priest’s office in the Tabernacle at Nob. He is slain by Doeg, at the command of Saul, and his son Abiathar joins David at the cave of Adullam (1 Samuel 22:20), and continues to act as high priest till his deposition by Solomon (1 Kings 2:26). Two conjectural... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 2:26

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 2:26

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 2:26

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 2:25-26

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Mark 2:26

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

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 2:26

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