Matthew 12:10 (WEB)
And behold, there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” so that they might accuse him.
Fathers and councils · 20
Augustine of Hippo
“Matthew continues his account thus: “And when He was departed thence, He went into their synagogue: and, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered;” and so on, down to the words, “And it was restored whole, like as the other.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 9–13.
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John Chrysostom
“But when He stretched out the withered hand and healed it,then they were so infuriated, as even to consult together about slaying and destroying Him.” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 10, 14.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
Because by fair instances He had vindicated His disciples from the charge of breaking the sabbath, the Pharisees seek to bring false accusation against Himself; whence it is said, “And passing thence, he came into…
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For the things that had gone before were said and done in the open air, and after this He entered the synagogue.
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It might have been supposed that the matter of the ears of corn, and this cure following had been done on the same day, for it is mentioned to have been the sabbath day in both cases, had not Luke shewn us that they…
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When He was entered into the synagogue, they bring a man of a withered hand, asking Him whether it was lawful to heal on the sabbath day, seeking an occasion of convicting Him out of His answer; as it follows, “And…
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They do not ask that they may learn, but that they may accuse Him; as it follows, “that they might accuse him.” Though the action itself would have been enough, yet they sought occasion against Him in His words also,…
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And they ask Him whether it is lawful to heal on the sabbath day, that if He should refuse, they might charge Him with cruelty, or want of power; if He should heal him, they might charge Him with transgressing the Law.
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But it may raise enquiry how Matthew can say that they asked the Lord, “Whether it were lawful to heal on the sabbath,” seeing Mark and Luke relate that it was the Lord who asked them, “ Whether it is lawful on the…
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Thus He answers their question in such a way as to convict the questioners of covetousness. If ye on the sabbath, saith He, would hasten to lift out a sheep or any other animal that might have fallen into a pit, not…
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Thus He answers their question with a suitable example, so as to shew that they profane the sabbath by works of covetousness who were charging Him with profaning it by works of charity; evil interpreters of the Law,…
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After this comparison concerning the sheep, He concludes that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day, saying, “Therefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.”
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Observe how He shews many reasons for this breaking of the sabbath. But forasmuch as the man was incurably sick, He proceeds straightway to the work, as it follows, “Then saith he to the man, Reach forth thy hand:…
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In the Gospel which the Nazarenes and Ebionites use [margin note: see note, p. 433], and which we have lately translated into Greek out of the Hebrew, and which many regard as the genuine Matthew, this man who has…
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Jesus teaches and works chiefly on the sabbath, not only on account of the spiritual sabbath, but on account of the gathering together of the people, seeking that all should be saved.
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Figuratively; After their departure from the corn field, from which the Apostles had received the fruits of their sowing, He came to the Synagogue, there also to make ready the work of His harvest; for there were…
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Until the coming of the Lord the Saviour, there was the withered hand in the Synagogue of the Jews, and the works of the Lord were not done in it; but when He came upon earth, the right hand was restored in the…
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All healing is done by the word; and the hand is restored as the other; that is, made like to the ministry of the Apostles in the business of bestowing salvation; and it teaches the Pharisees that they should not be…
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Otherwise; The man who had the withered hand denotes the human race in its barrenness of good works dried up by the hand which was stretched out to the fruit; [margin note: Gen 3:6] this was healed by the stretching…
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.36.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.36.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.36.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.36.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.36.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.36.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.36.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.36.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 12:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.36.
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 12:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 12:9–13 (Catena Aurea).