Mark 2:26 (WEB)
How he entered into God’s house at the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?”
Catechism · 3
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
“Jesus shares the life of the poor, from the cradle to the cross; he experiences hunger, thirst and privation.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 21:18; Mk 2:23-26; Jn 4:6 1; 19:28; Lk 9:58.
Jesus and Israel
“He often argued within the framework of rabbinical interpretation of the Law.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 12:5; 9:12; Mk 2:23-27; Lk 6:6-g; Jn 7:22-23.
“This was the case especially with the sabbath laws, for he recalls, often with rabbinical arguments, that the sabbath rest is not violated by serving God and neighbour,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Num 28 9; Mt 12:5; Mk 2:25-27; Lk 13:15-16; 14:3-4; Jn 7:22-24.
Fathers and councils · 15
Augustine of Hippo
“This is also given both by Mark and by Luke, in a way precluding any idea of antagonism.” — editor's note: Mark ii. 23–28; Luke vi. 1–5.
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John Chrysostom
“But Mark saith, “In the days of Abiathar the High Priest:”not stating what was con trary to the history, but implying that he had two names; and adds that “he gave unto him,”indicating that herein also David had much…” — editor's note: Mark ii. 26. [The Homily reads το ρχιερωτο, rendering “when Abiathar was high priest;” but gives the other reading in the margin.—R.]
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Jerome
“…with him, how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the highpriest, and did eat the shew-bread which is not lawful to eat but for the priests?”” — editor's note: Mark ii. 25, 26.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Pseudo-ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Mark
The disciples of Christ, freed from the figure, and united to the truth, do not keep the figurative feast of the sabbath. Wherefore it is said, “And it came to pass, that He went through the corn fields on the…
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We read also in the following part, that they who came and went away were many, and that they had not time enough to take their food, wherefore, according to man’s nature, they were hungry.
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But being hungry, they ate simple food, not for pleasure, but on account of the necessity of nature. The Pharisees however, serving the figure and the shadow, accused the disciples of doing wrong. Wherefore there…
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For it was a precept in Israel, delivered by a written law, that no one should detain a thief found in his fields, unless he tried to take something away with him. For the man who had touched nothing else but what he…
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But our Lord brings forward David, to whom it once happened to eat though it was forbidden by the law, when he touched the Priest’s food, that by his example, He might do away with their accusation of the disciples.…
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For David, when flying from the face of Saul [1 Sam 21] went to the Chief Priest, and ate the shew-bread, and took away the sword of Goliath, which things had been offered to the Lord. But a question has been raised…
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There is, however, no discrepancy, for both were there, when David came to ask for bread, and received it: that is to say, Abimelech, the High Priest, and Abiathar his son; but Abimelech having been slain by Saul,…
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He calls himself properly, Lord of the sabbath, and Son of man, since being the Son of God, He deigned to be called Son of man, for the sake of men. Now the law has no authority over the Lawgiver and Lord, for more…
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But in a mystical sense the disciples pass through the corn fields, when the holy doctors look with the care of a pious solicitude upon those whom they have initiated in the faith, and who, it is implied, are…
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Or else, because when they have rest from their passions, then are they made doctors to lead others to virtue, plucking away from them earthly things.
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Again, they walk through the corn fields with the Lord, who rejoice in meditating upon His sacred words. They hunger, when they desire to find in them the bread of life; and they hunger on sabbath days, as soon as…
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Cross-references · 2
Mark 2:26 and Luke 6:4 share the same wording (27 words).
Matthew 12:4 and Mark 2:26 share the same wording (12 words).