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Matthew 12:8
8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
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Context of Matthew 12:8
6I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. 7If you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” 9Moving on from there, he entered their synagogue. 10There he saw a man who had a shriveled hand, and in order to accuse him they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
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κύριος γάρ ἐστιν τοῦ σαββάτου ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Matthew 12:8
- Matthew 9:6But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” — then he told the paralytic, “Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.”
- Mark 2:28So then, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
- Mark 9:4Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
- Luke 6:5Then he told them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
- John 5:17Jesus responded to them, “My Father is still working, and I am working also.”
- 1 Corinthians 9:21To those who are without the law, like one without the law — though I am not without God’s law but under the law of Christ — to win those without the law.
- 1 Corinthians 16:2On the first day of the week, each of you is to set something aside and save in keeping with how he is prospering, so that no collections will need to be made when I come.
- Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard a loud voice behind me like 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
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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
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