14And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
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Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. …
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.
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-17)Here is, I. The miraculous cure of a woman that had been long under a spirit of infirmity. Our Lord Jesus spent his Sabbaths in the synagogues , Luke 13:10. We should make conscience of doing so, as we have opportunity, and not think we can spend the sabbath as well at home reading a good book; for religious assemblies are a divine institution, which we must bear our testimony to, though but of tw…
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