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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples broke off heads of grain, rubbed off the husks in their hands, and ate the grain.

Context of Luke 6:1

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. 2Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” 3Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• it came to passγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• onἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the secondδευτερόπρωτοςdeuteroprōtos · second-firstG1207
• sabbathσάββατονsabbaton · SabbathG4521
• thatδιαπορεύωdiaporeuomai · to go throughG1279
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the corn fieldsσπόριμοςsporimos · grainfieldG4702
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• pluckedτίλλωtillō · to pluckG5089
• the ears of cornστάχυςstachus · head of grainG4719
• did eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• rubbingψώχωpsōchō · to rubG5597
• inχείρcheir · handG5495

Cross-references for Luke 6:1

• Exodus 12:15For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
• Leviticus 23:7On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
• Deuteronomy 16:9Count off 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. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.
• Mark 2:23One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.
• Deuteronomy 23:25If you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their 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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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