Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 12:9
9. And when he was departed thence—but "on another sabbath" ( :-). he went into their synagogue—"and taught." He had now, no doubt, arrived in Galilee; but this, it would appear, did not occur at Capernaum, for after it was over, He "withdrew Himelf," it is said "to the sea" (Mark 3:7), whereas Capernaum was at the sea. And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered—disabled by paralysis (as in Mark 3:7- :). It was his right hand, as Luke (Mark 3:7- :) graphically notes. And they... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 12:8
8. For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day—In what sense now is the Son of man Lord of the sabbath day? Not surely to abolish it—that surely were a strange lordship, especially just after saying that it was made or instituted for MAN—but to own it, to interpret it, to preside over it, and to ennoble it, by merging it in the "Lord's Day" (Revelation 1:10), breathing into it an air of liberty and love necessarily unknown before, and thus making it the nearest resemblance to the eternal... read more