Mark 2:27-28 NIV

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 2:27

The sabbath was instituted for the benefit of man, that he might refresh and renew his body, fatigued and worn by six days' labour, with the restful calm of the seventh; and that he might have leisure to apply his mind to the things which concern his everlasting salvation; to consider and meditate upon the Law of God; and rouse himself, by the remembrance of the Divine greatness and goodness, to true repentance, to gratitude, and to love. The force of the argument is this: The sabbath was made... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:28

Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath . "The sabbath was made for man." It is the inferior institution, man being the higher, for whose sake the sabbath was appointed. But the Son of man is Lord of all men, and of all things that pertain to man's salvation; therefore he must of necessity be Lord even of the sabbath; so that when he sees fit he can relax or dispense with its obligations. It is true that for us Christians the first day of the week, the Lord's day, has taken the... 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

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 2:27

sabbath. Note the Figure Antimetebole , ( App-6 ), "sabbath . . . man . . . man, . sabbath". was made = came into being. man. Greek. anthropos . App-123 . and. All the texts omit "and". In that case, note the Figure of speech Asyndeton ( App-6 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 2:28

Therefore = So then. is Lord . App-98 . This is the subject of this second period of the Lord's ministry. See App-119 . Lord also of the sabbath = Lord of the Sabbath also. Occurs only here. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 2:27

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.Sabbath made for man, not man for sabbath ... is a reference to the sabbath: (1) as God made it, and (2) as the Pharisees made it. God indeed had made it for man; and quite early in the history of the sabbath law a man decided that his "human needs" took precedence over it, picking up sticks on the sabbath. Did God approve of such conduct? He commanded Israel to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 2:27-28

Mark 2:27-28. And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man— The sabbath was contrived for the benefit and relief of man, being instituted in commemoration of the creation of the world finished in six days, and to perpetuate to latest ages the knowledge of this grand truth,—that the world was made by God,—in opposition both to atheism and idolatry. It was instituted also, in order that men, abstaining from all sorts of labour, but such as are necessary to the exercises of piety and... 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