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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:6-11

Sin disabling, Christ restoring. Being in the right place, our Lord found an opportunity of doing that for which he came, and much more besides. The doing of duty often leads to the finding of privilege and the exercise of power for good. We learn— I. THAT SIN DISABLES US . This man came into the synagogue with a withered hand. That which was the natural instrument of power—his right hand—was powerless. Gradually its strength had been disappearing until it had completely... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:7

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him . The Pharisee emissaries from the capital were carefully watching him. The Master was perfectly aware of their presence, and well knew the spirit in which they listened to his words and marked his acts, and on this sabbath day he was evidently determined to let them see clearly what was in his mind respecting the present state of Jewish religious training. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:8

But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth. When he perceived or was informed of the presence of the afflicted sufferer in the synagogue, who no doubt had come there with a view of seeing Jesus and asking his help as a physician, Jesus publicly bade the sufferer to stand out in a prominent place in the assembly, and then in the hush that followed proceeded with his public instruction, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:9

Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? The sum and substance of the Master's teaching here is—works of love done for the bodies and souls of men never mar or in any way interfere with the holiness of a day of rest. St. Matthew in his account of the plucking the ears of corn on the sabbath day (xii. 5), tells us, on that occasion Jesus asked how it was that the priests on the sabbath days profaned the sabbath and were blameless? The Jews... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:10

Stretch forth thy hand! It must have sounded a strange command to the people in the synagogue. How could he stretch out that withered, powerless limb? But with the command went forth the power. In other words, "Stretch forth that poor hand of thine; thou canst now, for, lo! the disease is gone." And we read that he did so, and as he stretched out the limb, so long powerless, the man discovered and the people saw that the cure was already performed. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 6:1

Second sabbath after the first - See the notes at Matthew 12:1. This phrase has given great perplexity to commentators. A “literal” translation would be, “on the Sabbath called “second first,”” or second first Sabbath. The word occurs nowhere else. It is therefore exceedingly difficult of interpretation. The most natural and easy explanation is that proposed by Scaliger. The “second day” of the Passover was a great festival, on which the wave-sheaf was offered, Leviticus 23:11. From “that day”... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 6:8

But he knew there thoughts - He knew their thoughts - their dark, malicious designs - by the question, which they proposed to him, whether it was lawful to heal on the Sabbath-days (Matthew). In “reply” to their question, Jesus asked them whether they would not release a “sheep” on the Sabbath-day if it was fallen into a pit, and also asked “them” whether it was better to do good than to do evil on that day, implying that to “omit” to do “good” was, in fact, doing “evil.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 6:1-5

Luke 6:1-5. On the second sabbath after the first The original expression here, εν Σαββατω δευτεροπρωτω , says Dr. Whitby, “should have been rendered, In the first sabbath after the second day, namely, of unleavened bread; for, after the first day of the passover, (which was a sabbath, Exodus 12:16,) ye shall count unto you (said God) seven sabbaths complete, Leviticus 23:15, reckoning that day for the first of the week, which was therefore called, δευτεροπρωτον , the first sabbath from... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 6:6-11

Luke 6:6-11. And on another sabbath he entered into the synagogue The service of which he and his disciples seem to have generally attended: and there was a man whose right hand was withered Of the miracle here recorded, see notes on Matthew 12:9-13; and Mark 3:1-5; where all the circumstances of it are noticed. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 6:1-5

34. Picking corn on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5)When the Pharisees criticized Jesus’ disciples for picking a few pieces of corn to eat on the Sabbath, Jesus defended his disciples by referring to two examples from the Old Testament. First, when David and his men were very hungry and urgently needed food, they were rightly allowed to eat the holy bread of the tabernacle, which normally only priests were allowed to eat (Matthew 12:1-4; cf. 1 Samuel 21:1-6). Second, even... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:6-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 6:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 6:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 6:1-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 6:6-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 6:1-5

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