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The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 12:1-6

Matthew 12:1-6Behold Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day.1. It is no new thing to see men who are otherwise learned, and are in account for their holiness in the church, to be adversaries unto Christ, and His disciples.2. Christ’s disciples readily shall be misconstrued, do what they please; their plucking ears of corn for their hunger doth not escape censure.3. Hypocrites do urge ceremonies and external observations more than the greater things of the law.4.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 12:6

Matthew 12:6That in this place Is One greater than the temple.Christ greater than the ChurchI. Look at the things essential in the structure of the church, and show what Christ is in relation to these. The things essential in the structure of the church are the plan, the foundation, and the materials.1. Let us understand what Christ is in relation to the plan. The plan of the Christian Church is that of a temple. Everything we see suggests that God seeks manifestation. The temple was complete... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 12:7

Matthew 12:7I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.Mercy, not sacrificeWhen St. Spyridion was about eighty years old, it happened that a traveller came to visit him at one of those periods of the year when it was his custom to fast on alternate days. Seeing that the stranger was very tired, Spyridion told his daughter to wash his feet, and set meat before him. She replied, that as it was fast-time, there was neither bread nor meat ready. On which Spyridion, having prayed and asked forgiveness,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:1

1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. Ver. 1. Jesus went on the Sabbath day ] St Luke calleth it "the second Sabbath after the first," Matthew 6:1 , that is, the second anniversary or solemn feast from the first ( δευτεροπρωτον ), to wit, from the passover Sabbath, and this was Pentecost. And his disciples were an hungred ] Hereby he hardened and inured them to further and future... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:2

2 But when the Pharisees saw it , they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. Ver. 2. Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful ] This was as the proverb is, Sus Minervam, a pig is Minerva, when blind Pharisees will be teaching Christ how the Sabbath is to be sanctified. Not Hebrews only, but also Greeks and barbarians rested from work on the seventh day: witness Josephus, Clement Alexander, and Eusebius. Howbeit, to the Hebrews... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:3

3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; Ver. 3. But he said unto them ] They had not proved a breach of the Sabbath, neither could they. A breach it had been, had not the disciples been hungry, and he denies it not, but confutes their present cavils by clear syllogisms, one in the neck of another, such as they could not answer, nor abide, a and therefore sought to destroy him,Matthew 12:14; Matthew 12:14 . See here the... read more

John Trapp

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

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:5

5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? Ver. 5. Profane the Sabbath ] As ye count profaning of it: or they profane it by divine dispensation, while they do servile works in slaying sacrifices, and other things tending to the service of God, such as is now the ringing of the sermon bell among us, as among the Protestants in France the letting off of a harquebus a or pistol, whereby they congregate. a The... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:6

6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. Ver. 6. But I say unto you ] q.d. Whereas you will here object, that that was done in the temple; I tell you I am greater than the temple: for in me the Godhead dwelleth bodily, Colossians 1:19 ; as in the temple was the ark, where the glory of God appeared, so that it filled the temple sometimes. Take notice here, by the way, how good it is to have some grave and godly man to be a beholder and judge of our actions, to... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 12:7

7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. Ver. 7. But if ye had known ] And it was a foul shame for them not to know. "Who is blind as my servant?" &c., Isaiah 42:19 . Varro justly upbraided the Roman priests, that there were many matters in their own rites and religions that they understand not. a What kind of men they were, Cicero (2, de Finib. ) gives us to know in these words of his, Ut maiores nostri... read more

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