Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:1
His disciples plucked the ears of corn, and ate - Just what sufficed for present necessity: dried corn was a common food among the Jews. Mark 2:23 ; Luke 6:1 . read more
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John Wesley
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:3
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;Have ye not read what David did — And necessity was a sufficient plea for his transgressing the law in a higher instance. read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:4
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?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
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:5
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?The priests in the temple profane the Sabbath — That is, do their ordinary work on this, as on a common day, cleansing all things, and preparing the sacrifices.A greater than the temple — If therefore the Sabbath must give way to the temple, much more must it give way to me. read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:7
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.I will have mercy and not sacrifice — That is, when they interfere with each other, I always prefer acts of mercy, before matters of positive institution: yea, before all ceremonial institutions whatever; because these being only means of religion, are suspended of course, if circumstances occur, wherein they clash with love, which is the end of it. Matthew 9:13. read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:8
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.For the Son of man — Therefore they are guiltless, were it only on this account, that they act by my authority, and attend on me in my ministry, as the priests attended on God in the temple: is Lord even of the Sabbath - This certainly implies, that the Sabbath was an institution of great and distinguished importance; it may perhaps also refer to that signal act of authority which Christ afterward exerted over it, in changing it from the... read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 12:9
And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:Mark 3:1; Luke 6:6. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:1
1 . That the Messiah should come from God, as his minister and servant. 2. That his own personal character should be of the most mild and gentle kind. 3. He should be most tender in his dealings. 4. He should give victory to truth and righteousness in the world. 5. That not only Jews, but Gentiles should trust in his name. This prophecy, be it remembered, was delivered centuries before our Lord’s birth, and was applied by the early Jews to the coming of the Messiah. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:1-8
§ 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
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 12:9
he went: Mark 3:1-Deuteronomy :, Luke 6:6-1 Kings : Reciprocal: Matthew 4:23 - teaching read more