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NASB | Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:1 At that particular time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. [Deut 23:25; Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5] |
Subject: Sabbath. |
Bible Note: "Sabbath (Heb. shabbath) (Num. 28:9; Ex. 20:8; Lev. 19:3; 23:3; Deut. 5:12; Jer. 17:22) Strong's #7676: The word derives from the verb meaning "to cease" or "to rest" (Gen. 2:3; Ex. 31:17). The Sabbath is the seventh day in the Hebrew calendar, or Saturday (Ex. 16:26; 20:10). God established this day as a time to rest because He had created all things in six days and had rested on the seventh day (Ex. 20:11). The Sabbath not only mirrored His own actions at creation, but it also was designed as a day to remember God, specifically His covenant with Israel (Ex. 31:12-18). In addition to this special day, the principle of a sabbath rest was also applied to the land every seventh year (Lev. 25:1-7)." (from page 277 of Nelson's NKJV Study Bible). Jesus' healings and teachings on the Sabbath enraged the religious leaders. Jesus revealed the rabbis' hypocrisy with the example of an ox falling down into a pit. Their outrage at Jesus' healing came from their own interpretation of the Law and not from the Law itself. The scribes and rabbis had thought through, categorized, and defined all the minutiae of the Law, but they had missed its central point. Jesus never prohibited doing good on the Sabbath. (taken from Nelson's NKJV Study Bible, pg. 1727) |