Marcos 2:22-25 NVI

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 2:18-28

Christ had been put to justify himself in conversing with publicans and sinners: here he is put to justify his disciples; and in what they do according to his will he will justify them, and bear them out. I. He justifies them in their not fasting, which was turned to their reproach by the Pharisees. Why do the Pharisees and the disciples of John fast? They used to fast, the Pharisees fasted twice in the week (Luke 18:12), and probably the disciples of John did so too; and, it should seem, this... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:21-22

2:21-22 No one sews a patch of new cloth on to an old garment. If he does the bit that was meant to fill in the hole tears it apart--the new from the old--and the tear is made worse. No one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does the wine will burst the wineskins, and the wine will be lost as well as the wineskins. New skins for new wine! Jesus knew quite well that he was coming with a message which was startlingly new; and he also knew that his way of life was shatteringly different... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:23-28

2:23-28 One Sabbath day Jesus was going through the corn fields. His disciples began to pluck the ears of corn as they made their way along. The Pharisees began to say to him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not allowed on the Sabbath?" "Have you never read," he said, "what David did when he and his friends were in need and hungry? Have you never read how he went into the house of God, when Abiathar was High Priest, and ate the shewbread--which none is allowed to eat except the priests--and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:22

And no man putteth new wine into old bottles ,.... By "old bottles" are meant, the Scribes and Pharisees, the whole, which needed not a physician, and the righteous, Christ came not to call; and by new wine, either the love of God, which is not shed abroad in the hearts of such persons; or the blessings of the new covenant, which are not bestowed upon them; or the Gospel, which brings an account of both, which is not received by carnal men: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:23

And it came to pass ,.... The Vulgate Latin adds, "again"; and so Beza says it was read in one of his copies: that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn , and to rub them, and get the grain out of them, and eat them; See Gill on Matthew 12:1 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:24

And the Pharisees said unto him ,.... To Christ, the same they said to his disciples, Luke 6:2 . Behold, why do they on the sabbath day, that which is not lawful ? see how they pluck the ears of corn and rub them, and eat things, which by the law, especially by the traditions of the elders, were not lawful to be done on the sabbath day; See Gill on Matthew 12:2 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:25

And he said unto them ,.... By way of answer to their question, and which was a full one, and enough to silence them: have ye never read what David did ; referring to the history in 1 Samuel 21:1 . when he had need : of bread, was in great necessity, and in the utmost distress: and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him ? which was a justifiable reason for what he and his company did; as it was for the action of the disciples; being in a like case, and therefore very... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:23

Went through the corn fields - See on Matthew 12:1 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:24

Verse 24 Mark 2:24.Why do they on the Sabbath what is not lawful? The Pharisees do not blame the disciples of Christ for plucking ears of corn from a field that was not their own, but for violating the Sabbath; as if there had been a precept to this effect, that famishing men ought rather to die than to satisfy their hunger. Now the only reason for keeping the Sabbath was, that the people, by sanctifying themselves to God, might be employed in true and spiritual worship; and next, that, being... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:13-22

Levi's feast: the moral questions it occasioned. 1. ( Mark 2:13-17 .) Eating with publicans and sinners. In calling Matthew (Levi) from the receipt of custom, our Saviour made him relinquish all his old pursuits and companions, and conferred upon him an unexpected honor. The feast given by him was, therefore, partly a farewell, partly a celebration. In overstepping the boundary line of Jewish religious and social etiquette, the Lord performed an act of great significance, which was... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 2:18-28

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:21-22

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:23-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:23

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:13-22

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