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Matthew 12:9-14 KJV
Matthew · chapter 12 · verses 9–14
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. 14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.Matthew 12:9-14 · King James Version
Matthew 12:9-14 in context
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.
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.
14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
15But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
16And charged them that they should not make him known:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PhariseespharisaiosA sect that seems to have started after the Jewish exile. In addition to OT books the…G5330 →
- departedmetabainōto pass over from one place to another, to remove, departG3327 →
- witheredxērosdry, of members of the body deprived of their natural juices, shrunk, wasted, withered…G3584 →
- restoredapokathistēmito restore to its former state, to be in its former stateG600 →
- councilsymboulioncounsel, which is given, taken, entered upon, consult, deliberate, a council, an assembly…G4824 →
- againstkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- destroyapollymito destroy, to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin, render useless…G622 →
- thenceekeithenthence, from that placeG1564 →
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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