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8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

Matthew 12:8

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  • And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

  • Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

  • But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. …

  • But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,(then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

  • And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-13)

The Jewish teachers had corrupted many of the commandments, by interpreting them more loosely than they were intended; a mistake which Christ discovered and rectified (Matt. 5:1-48) in his sermon on the mount: but concerning the fourth commandment, they had erred in the other extreme, and interpreted it too strictly. Note, it is common for men of corrupt minds, by their zeal in rituals, and the ex…

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