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Mark 2:27 KJV
Mark · chapter 2 · verse 27
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:Mark 2:27 · King James Version
Mark 2:27 in context
25And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
27And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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Key words (Strong's)
- sabbathsabbatonthe seventh day of each week which was a sacred festival on which the Israelites were…G4521 →
- saidlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- madeginomaito becomeG1096 →
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Christ had been put to justify himself in conversing with publicans and sinners: here he is put to justify his disciples; and in what they do according to his will he will justify them, and bear them out. I. He justifies them in their not fasting, which was turned to their reproach by the Pharisees.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-28