He said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
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He said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
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And he sayde vnto them: The sonne of man is Lorde of the saboth daye.
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And he sayd vnto them, The Sonne of man is Lord also of the Sabbath day.
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Luke 6:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Mark 2:27 He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
- Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
- Mark 9:7 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 5 And he said unto them, That the Son…
5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Ver. 5. See Mat 12:3-4 Mar 2:24.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass also on another sabbath,....…
And it came to pass also on another sabbath,.... Whether the following sabbath, or some time after, is not certain,
that he entered into the synagogue. The Arabic version reads, "into their synagogue", as in Mat 12:9 the synagogue of the Jews; in what place, whether at Capernaum, or some other city of Galilee, is not so clear:
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and taught; explained the Scriptures to the people, and instructed them in the doctrines of the Gospel:
and there was a man whose right hand was withered; who was in the synagogue, and one of his hearers; See Gill on Mat 12:10
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Lord also--rather "even" (as in Mat 12:8).
Lord also--rather "even" (as in Mat 12:8).
of the sabbath--as naked a claim to all the authority of Him who gave the law at Mount Sinai as could possibly be made; that is, "I have said enough to vindicate the men ye carp at on My account: but in this place is the Lord of the law, and they have His sanction." (See Mar 2:28.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he said unto them, That the Son of…
And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. The Master closed his reply to the Pharisee inquirers with one of those short assertions of his awful greatness which puzzled and alarmed his jealous foes. Who, then, was he, this poor unknown Carpenter of despised and ignorant Nazareth? He was either a blasphemer too wicked to be allowed to live, or the alternative must have been a very awful thought to some of the nobler spirits among those Jerusalem learned men. Across their minds must have flitted not once or twice in that eventful period some anxious questionings as to who and what was the strange and powerful Being who had appeared in their midst.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain That the Son of Man is Lord also of…
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A spiritual man Lord of the Sabbath
When is a son of man lord of the Sabbath-day?
To whom may the Sabbath safely become a shadow? I reply, he that has the mind of Christ may exercise discretionary lordship over the Sabbath-day. He who is in possession of the substance may let the shadow go. A man in health has done with the prescriptions of the physician. But for an unspiritual man to regulate his hours and amount of rest by his desires, is just as preposterous as for an unhealthy man to rule his appetites by his sensations. Win the mind of Christ--be like Him--and then in the reality of rest in God, the Sabbath form of rest will be superseded. Remain apart from Christ, and then you are under the law again--the fourth commandment is as necessary for you as it was for the Israelite; the prescriptive regimen which may discipline your soul to a sounder state. It is at his peril that the worldly man departs from the rule of the day of rest. Nothing can make us free from the law but the Spirit. (F. W. Robertson, M. A.)
Jesus and the two ideals
I. THE TITLE HE GIVES HIMSELF. Son of Man. We find Him both humbled and exalted as the Son of Man. As the Son of Man He hath not where to lay His head; and as the Son of Man He claims authority to forgive sin, and is Lord even of the Sabbath-day. He applied this phrase to Himself in all the different aspects of His great life. In Him, as the Son of Man, humanity is again in its Sonship of God.
II. THE CLAIM HE MAKES ON HIS OWN BEHALF, as Lord even of the Sabbath-day. The perfection of God and the perfection of man, as depicted in the Bible, are two distinct, and, out of their own spheres, incompatible ideals. These two ideals seem to have met in the Christ. He is humble and self-assertive, receptive and full. Authority and obedience meet in Him and blend. (J. Ogrnore Davies.)
The Sabbath, a saving economy
Sunday is Gods special present to the working man; and one of its chief objects is to prolong his life, and to preserve efficient his working tone. In the vital system it acts like a compensation pond; it replenishes the spirits, the elasticity and vigour which the last six days have drained away, and supplies the force which is to fill the six days succeeding. In the economy of life it answers the same purpose as, in the economy of income, is answered by a savings-bank. The frugal man who puts asides a pound to-day, and another pound next month, and who, in a quiet way, is always putting by his stated pound from time to time, when he grows old and frail gets not only the same pounds back again, but a good many pounds besides. And the conscientious man who husbands one day of existence every week--who, instead of allowing the Sunday to be trampled and torn in the hurry and scramble of life, treasures it devoutly up--will find that the Lord of the Sabbath keeps it for him, and in length of days and a hale old age gives it back with usury. The savings-bank of human existence is the weekly Sunday. (North British Review.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:5 Lord, even over the Sabbath: The saying is…
6:5 Lord, even over the Sabbath: The saying is a play on words with a double meaning. First, son of man often means “human being,” so Jesus affirmed that the Sabbath was made to serve human beings. Son of Man was also a title for the Messiah (see Dan 7:13-14). Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath because he created it.
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