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Matthew 12:11 KJV
Matthew · chapter 12 · verse 11
And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?Matthew 12:11 · King James Version
Matthew 12:11 in context
9And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
13Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- amongekout of, from, by, away fromG1537 →
- sheepprobatonany four footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle , most commonly a sheep or…G4263 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- fallempiptōto fall into, to fall among robbers, fall into one s powerG1706 →
- holdkrateōto have power, be powerful, to be chief, be master of, to rule, to get possession of, to…G2902 →
- pitbothynosa pit, ditchG999 →
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The Jewish teachers had corrupted many of the commandments, by interpreting them more loosely than they were intended; a mistake which Christ discovered and rectified (ch. 5) in his sermon on the mount: but concerning the fourth commandment, they had erred in the other extreme, and interpreted it too strictly.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13