Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 12:24
12:24 by (e-16) En , lit. 'in the power of.' see Note c, ch. 3.11. read more
Matthew 12
John Darby
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 12:25
12:25 knowing (a-3) Ginosko , ver. 15, objective knowledge. In ver. 25 it is Oida , conscious knowledge. See Note, 1 Corinthians 8:1 . read more
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 12:35
12:35 forth (a-10) See Note, ver. 20. read more
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 12:36
12:36 of (b-19) See Note d, 1 Peter 3:15 . read more
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 12:41
12:41 Ninevites (c-1) Lit. 'men Ninevites.' preaching (d-20) Lit. 'heralding,' as Romans 16:25 . read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 12:1-50
Plucking Corn on the Sabbath. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath (Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees. It is characteristic of the pedantry of the Pharisees that their opposition turned more upon minute points of legal observance than upon broad principles. The Fourth Gospel agrees with the synoptists in making the sabbath controversy of leading importance in the development of hostility to Christ (John... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 12:1
XII.(1) At that time.—St. Luke (Luke 6:1) defines the time more specifically as “the second first sabbath.” The question, what is meant by that term, will be discussed in the Notes on that passage. The facts of the case place it clearly between the Passover and the Feast of Pentecost, between the beginning of the barley and the end of the wheat harvest. The position which the narrative occupies in Mark 2:23, Luke 6:1, immediately after the feast in Matthew’s house, differs so widely from St.... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 12:2
(2) When the Pharisees saw it.—In the position in which the narrative stands in the other two Gospels, the Pharisees would appear as belonging to the company that had come down from Jerusalem to watch and accuse the new Teacher (Luke 5:17). He claimed the power to forgive sins, He ate and drank with publicans and sinners. Now they found that He was teaching men to dishonour the Sabbath, as He had already taught them in Jerusalem (John 5:10; John 5:16). read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 12:3
(3) Have ye not read . . .?—The question was an appeal to the Pharisees on the ground where they thought themselves strongest. For them it was an argument à fortiori. Would they accuse David of sacrilege and Sabbath-breaking because he, in a case of urgent need, set at nought the two-fold law of ordinances? If they shrank from that, was it not inconsistent to condemn the disciples of Jesus for a far lighter transgression? read more
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Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Matthew 12:20
12:20 forth (c-18) The word is the same here as 'brings forth,' ver. 35, and 'brings out,' ch. 13.52. It signifies 'putting forth' as much as 'bringing forth.' It means that judgment was hid, and 'shut up among his treasures' (see Deuteronomy 32:34 ), and in due time it will be produced, without saying he brings it with him, or sends it without coming. It is brought out and displayed in its time. unto (d-20) Eis . it directs the mind to the point to be reached. read more