Verse 23
I. All positive laws must yield to man's necessities. The law as a formal common element may be broken, yet its spirit may be honoured.
II. There is a relation of life to positive laws; there is a relation to moral law, which is higher and more exacting.
III. Christ shows that in all ages circumstances have arisen which have necessitated a violation of literal sabbatism. David ate the shew-bread, and the priests profaned the temple, and yet were guiltless.
Parker, Contemporary Pulpit, vol. viii., p. 120.
References: Mark 2:23 . G. S. Coster, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xxiv., p. 134.Mark 2:21 , Mark 2:22 . D. Fraser, Metaphors in the Gospels, p. 106.
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