Matthew 12:8

Matthew 12:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
• New International Version (NIV)For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

Context of Matthew 12:8

6But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7And if you had only known what this statement means, ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress], and not [animal] sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” 9Leaving there, He went into their synagogue. 10A man was there whose hand was withered. And they asked Jesus, “Is it lawful and permissible to heal on the Sabbath?”—they asked this so that they might accuse Him and bring charges into court.

Matthew 12:8 word by word

κύριος γάρ ἐστιν τοῦ σαββάτου ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• the Sonὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• of the sabbath dayσάββατονsabbaton · SabbathG4521

Cross-references for Matthew 12:8

• Matthew 9:6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority and the power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your stretcher and go home.”
• Mark 2:28So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath [and He has authority over it].”
• Mark 9:4Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were having a conversation with Jesus.
• Luke 6:5Jesus was saying to them, “The Son of Man (the Messiah) is Lord [even] of the Sabbath.”
• John 5:17But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now [He has never ceased working], and I too am working.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:21To those who are without (outside) the Law, [I became] as one without the Law, though [I am] not without the law of God, but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law.
• 1 Corinthians 16:2On the first day of every week each one of you is to put something aside, in proportion to his prosperity, and save it so that no collections [will need to] be made when I come.
• Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit [in special communication with the Holy Spirit and empowered to receive and record the revelation from Jesus Christ] on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,

Commentaries on Matthew 12:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath-day - The change of the Jewish into the Christian Sabbath, called the Lord's day, Revelation 1:10, shows that Christ is not only the Lord, but also the truth and completion of it. For it seems to have been by an especial providence that this change has been made and acknowledged all over the Christian world.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day - To crown all, Christ says that he was Lord of the Sabbath. He had a right to direct the manner of its observance - undoubted proof that he is divine.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Jesus is greater than King David, the priests, and the temple. He also rules over the Sabbath.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day--In what sense now is the Son of man Lord of the sabbath day? Not surely to abolish it--that surely were a strange lordship, especially just after saying that it was made or instituted for MAN--but to own it, to interpret it, to preside over it, and to ennoble it, by merging it in the "Lord's Day" (Re 1:10), breathing into it an air of liberty and love necessarily unknown before, and thus making it the…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 12:8

• Accusation, False
• Church
• Jesus, the Christ
• Pharisees
• Sabbath
• Tradition

In the dictionaries

• Son of man
• Adulterous
• Condemn
• Desolation
• Idle
• Judgment
• Restore
• Sin
• Wither
• Ablution

Commentaries on Matthew 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings