Mark 2:26

How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar, (the) prince of (the) priests, and ate (the) loaves of proposition, [either of setting forth], which it was not leaveful to eat, [no] but to (the) priests alone, and he gave to them that were with him. (How he went into the House of God, under the High Priest Abiathar, and ate the loaves of proposition, or the showbread, which it was not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and he gave some to those who were with him.)

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In The King James Version

How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

In Context

25And he said to them, Read ye never what David did, when he had need, and he hungered, and they that were with him?

27And he said to them, The sabbath is made for man, and not man for the sabbath;

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Cross References

Exodus 29:32which flesh Aaron and his sons shall eat, and they shall eat the loaves, that be in the basket, in the porch of the tabernacle of witnessing, (and Aaron and his sons shall eat the ram’s flesh, and the loaves that be in the basket, at the entrance to the Tabernacle of the Witnessing.)

1 Samuel 21:1Forsooth David came into Nob to Ahimelech, the priest; and Ahimelech wondered, for David had come, (or and Ahimelech wondered why David had come there); and he said to David, Why art thou alone, and no man is with thee?

1 Samuel 23:6And in that time, wherein Abiathar, [the] son of Ahimelech, fled to David into Keilah, he came down, and had with him (the) ephod, that is, the cloth of the highest priest. (And when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, joined David at Keilah, he brought the ephod, that is, the high priest’s cloak, with him.)

2 Samuel 8:17and Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was a scribe (or and Seraiah was the writer).

2 Samuel 15:29Therefore Zadok and Abiathar bare again the ark of God into Jerusalem, and they dwelled there (or and they stayed there).

2 Samuel 20:25and Sheva was scribe; but Zadok and Abiathar were priests; (and Sheva was the writer; and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;)

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:19-28

The Hypocritical Rigour of the Pharisees. 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21 No… Read the whole commentary →

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