John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:10
And behold, there was a man which had his hand withered ,.... Or dry; the juices were dried up, the nerves and sinews contracted, so that it was of no manner of use to him: Luke says, it was his right hand, which was so much the worse; and means not only his hand, but the whole arm. Such a case is mentioned in the Talmud F1 T. Hieros. Yoma, fol. 40. 1. , "it happened to one, "wewrz hvbyv, that his arm was dry, or withered. Jerom says F2 In loc. , in the Gospel which the Nazarenes... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:9
And when he was departed thence ,.... From the corn fields, where the disciples had plucked the ears of corn, and this conversation passed between Christ and the Pharisees about the violation of the sabbath, he went into their synagogue; not on the same sabbath day, as one might be led to conclude from the account of this evangelist, but on another sabbath, as Luke expresses it, Luke 6:6 . He might indeed directly go into one of their synagogues the same day, where he and his disciples... read more