Mark 2:27
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Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
Commentaries
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HEALING OF A PARALYTIC. ( = Mat 9:1-8; Luk 5:17-26). (Mar 2:1-12) And again he entered into Capernaum--"His own city" (Mat 9:1). and it was noised that he was in the house--no doubt of Simon Peter (Mar 1:29).
Open source ↗In this chapter, we have, I. Christ's healing a man that was sick of a palsy (Mar 2:1-12). II. His calling of Matthew from the receipt of custom, and his eating, upon that occasion, with publicans and sinners, and justifying himself in so doing (Mar 2:13-17). III. His justifying his disciples in not fasting so much as those plucking the ears of corn on the sabbath day (Mar 2:23-28). All which passages we had before, Mt. 9 and 12.
Open source ↗2:27-28 Since Jesus is the Lord of humanity (1 Cor 15:25-28; Eph 1:20-22; Phil 2:9-11) and since the Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, he is Lord . . . over the Sabbath. As with Jesus’ authority to forgive sins (Mark 2:7), this was a claim to divine authority.
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Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.