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Matthew 12:8 KJV
Matthew · chapter 12 · verse 8
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.Matthew 12:8 · King James Version
Matthew 12:8 in context
6But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- Sonyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →
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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