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 Living Translation (NLT)For the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”

Context of Matthew 12:8

6Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple. 7But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.” 9Now when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue. 10And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—that they might accuse Him.

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 that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
• Mark 2:28Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”
• Mark 9:4And Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
• Luke 6:5And He said to them, “The Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”
• John 5:17But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
• 1 Corinthians 9:21to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law;
• 1 Corinthians 16:2On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.
• Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as 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