the shew-bread, Exodus 25:30, Leviticus 24:5-1 Samuel : but: Exodus 29:32, Exodus 29:33, Leviticus 8:31, Leviticus 24:9 Reciprocal: Exodus 40:23 - General Leviticus 22:10 - General 1 Samuel 21:4 - hallowed bread 1 Samuel 21:6 - gave him 1 Chronicles 23:29 - for the showbread Luke 4:27 - saving Luke 6:3 - what read more
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?He entered into the house of God — Into the tabernacle. The temple was not yet built.The show bread — So they called the bread which the priest, who served that week, put every Sabbath day on the golden table that was in the holy place, before the Lord. The loaves were twelve in number, and represented the twelve tribes of Israel:... read more
§ 33. PLUCKING THE CORN UPON THE SABBATH, Matthew 12:1-8 . Of this chapter the part 1-45 has a considerable completeness in itself. It is not inserted precisely in its chronological place; but the facts, though distant in time, stand in their chronological order, and are grouped together in order to show the deepening hostility which Jesus encountered from the Jewish religious leaders. The first two (§ 33 and § 34) occurred soon after the first assault upon Jesus at the passover, and were the... read more
4 . That Sunday is the “Lord’s day,” is clear from early Christian history; that it is the weekly holy day of the Christian dispensation is clear, because this day is alone mentioned as a sacred day after the resurrection; it is not identical with the overlaid Jewish Sabbaths, for they are abolished. It is, therefore, by necessity identical with the universal creational Sabbath, which is perpetual in its obligations. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:4
4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? Ver. 4. And did eat the shewbread ] The bread of proposition, a as the Greek text hath it; the face bread, as the Septuagint call it; or that which was daily set before the Lord, to remind him, as it were, of the twelve tribes by those twelve loaves; and to teach us to labour every day in the week (and not on the Sabbath only)... read more