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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 2:18-28

Christ had been put to justify himself in conversing with publicans and sinners: here he is put to justify his disciples; and in what they do according to his will he will justify them, and bear them out. I. He justifies them in their not fasting, which was turned to their reproach by the Pharisees. Why do the Pharisees and the disciples of John fast? They used to fast, the Pharisees fasted twice in the week (Luke 18:12), and probably the disciples of John did so too; and, it should seem, this... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:23-28

2:23-28 One Sabbath day Jesus was going through the corn fields. His disciples began to pluck the ears of corn as they made their way along. The Pharisees began to say to him, "Look! Why are they doing what is not allowed on the Sabbath?" "Have you never read," he said, "what David did when he and his friends were in need and hungry? Have you never read how he went into the house of God, when Abiathar was High Priest, and ate the shewbread--which none is allowed to eat except the priests--and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:23

And it came to pass ,.... The Vulgate Latin adds, "again"; and so Beza says it was read in one of his copies: that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn , and to rub them, and get the grain out of them, and eat them; See Gill on Matthew 12:1 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:23

Went through the corn fields - See on Matthew 12:1 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23

If there is a rapid sequence in this part of the narrative, the fasting referred to in the last verses may have taken place the day before. St. Luke ( Luke 6:1 ) here adds to St. Mark's account the words, "and did eat, rubbing them [that is, the ears of corn] in their hands;" an incidental evidence of a simple life, that they did not here eat prepared food, but the simple grains of wheat, which they separated from the chaff by rubbing the ears of corn in their hands. This passage marks with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

The sabbath. The grounds upon which the Pharisees and scribes took offense at our Lord and his ministry were various. Some of these—as, e.g. , his claim to pardon sin—were very serious; for in such a case Jesus was either an impostor and blasphemer, or he was the Son of God. Others were very trivial, as, e.g. , his neglect of some unauthorized traditions, or his preference of moral duty to observance of the ceremonial law. In this and in the following incident, the sabbath was the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

The sabbath made for man. I. The purpose of The sabbath IS TO BE KEPT IN VIEW IN INTERPRETING ITS OBLIGATIONS . II. RULES WHICH DO NOT HAVE REGARD TO THIS MAY VIOLATE WHAT THEY PROFESS TO PRESERVE . 1 . The disciples were within the written permission of the Law. "To pluck and rub with the hand ears from the field of a neighbor was allowed; Moses forbade only the sickle ( Deuteronomy 23:25 ). But the matter belonged to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

Love greater than law. I. HUMAN LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MEANS OF LIVING . All laws, ceremonial or otherwise, may be regarded as means towards ends. What end do we know higher than human weal and bliss? Christ points out that this is the real end of legislation—man, his education, his good, physical and spiritual. II. IT IS A GROSS FALLACY TO PUT THE MEANS BEFORE THE END . This the Pharisees did. They said, "Man for the sabbath." Christ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

Parallel passages: Matthew 12:1-8 ; Luke 6:1-5 .— Sabbath observance. I. WORSHIP , NOT AMUSEMENT , SUITS THE SABBATH . The common heading of this section in the Gospels is, "The disciples pluck the ears of corn on the sabbath day," On this occasion our Lord and his disciples were out walking on the sabbath; but they were not walking for pleasure or even for health. They were on their way to the house of God, as we learn from the parallel passage in St. Matthew, where we... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 2:23-28

See Matthew 12:1-8.The cornfields - The fields sown with wheat or barley. The word “corn,” in the Bible, refers only to grain of that kind, and never to “maize” or “Indian corn.”To pluck the ears of corn - They were hungry, Matthew 12:1. They therefore gathered the wheat or barley as they walked and rubbed it in their hands to shell it, and thus to satisfy their appetite. Though our Lord was with them, and though he had all things at his control, yet he suffered them to resort to this method of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 2:18-28

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 2:23-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 2:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 2:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:23-28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 2:23-28

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