Luke 6:1

Luke 6:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
• New International Version (NIV)One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels.
• English Standard Version (ESV)On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first that He went through the grainfields. And His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate them, rubbing them in their hands.

Context of Luke 6:1

Now it happened that Jesus was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath, and His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them. 2But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 3And Jesus, answering them, said, “Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,

Luke 6:1 word by word

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν σαββάτῳ διαπορεύεσθαι αὐτὸν διὰ σπορίμων, καὶ ἔτιλλον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤσθιον τοὺς στάχυας ψώχοντες ταῖς χερσίν.Read the interlinear

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• it happenedγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• Jesus was passingδιαπορεύωdiaporeuomai · to go throughG1279
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• grainfieldsσπόριμοςsporimos · grainfieldG4702
• on a Sabbathσάββατονsabbaton · SabbathG4521
• and His disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• were pickingτίλλωtillō · to pluckG5089
• the headsστάχυςstachus · head of grainG4719
• rubbingψώχωpsōchō · to rubG5597
• them in their handsχείρcheir · handG5495
• and eatingἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068

Cross-references for Luke 6:1

• Exodus 12:15For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove dough with yeast from your houses; for whoever eats anything with yeast from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
• Leviticus 23:7On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.
• Deuteronomy 16:9“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.
• Matthew 12:1At 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.
• Mark 2:23And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain.
• Deuteronomy 23:25“When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you are not to use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.

Commentaries on Luke 6:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1On the second Sabbath after the first - ͅ ͅ, In the first Sabbath after the second. What does this mean? In answering this question, commentators are greatly divided. Dr. Whitby speaks thus: "After the first day of the passover, (which was a Sabbath, Exodus 12:16;), ye shall count unto you seven Sabbaths complete, Leviticus 23:15, reckoning that day for the first of the first week, which was therefore called , the first Sabbath from the second day of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Second sabbath after the first - See the notes at Matthew 12:1. This phrase has given great perplexity to commentators. A “literal” translation would be, “on the Sabbath called “second first,”” or second first Sabbath. The word occurs nowhere else. It is therefore exceedingly difficult of interpretation. The most natural and easy explanation is that proposed by Scaliger. The “second day” of the Passover was a great festival, on which the wave-sheaf was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The disciples pluck corn on the sabbath. (1-5) Works of mercy suitable to the sabbath day. (6-11) The apostles chosen. (12-19) Blessings and woes declared. (20-26) Christ exhorts to mercy. (27-36) And to justice and sincerity. (37-49) Verses 1-5 Christ justifies his disciples in a work of necessity for themselves on the sabbath day, and that was plucking the ears of corn when they were hungry. But we must take heed that we mistake not this liberty for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1His disciples began to pick the heads of grain: The law allowed this kind of grazing while walking through someone else’s field (Deuteronomy 23:24–25).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-5(See on Mt 12:1-8 and Mr 2:23-28.) 1. second sabbath after the first--an obscure expression, occurring here only, generally understood to mean, the first sabbath after the second day of unleavened bread. The reasons cannot be stated here, nor is the opinion itself quite free from difficulty.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 6:1

• Jesus, the Christ
• Sabbath
• Tradition

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• Second Sabbath
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• Chronology of the New Testament
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Commentaries on Luke 6

• 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