Matthew 12:8
For man’s Son is Lord, yea, of the sabbath.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
In Context
9And when he passed from thence, he came into the synagogue of them.
Cross References
Matthew 8:20And Jesus said to him, Foxes have dens [or burrows], and birds of the air have nests, but man’s Son hath not wherein to rest his head [or but man’s Son hath not where he shall rest his head].
Mark 2:28and so man’s Son is Lord also of the sabbath.
Luke 6:5And he said to them, For man’s Son is Lord, yea, of the sabbath.
1 Corinthians 9:21to them that were without (the) law, as (if) I were without (the) law, when I was not without [the] law of God, but I was in the law of Christ, to win them that were without [the] law, (or but I was in the law of the Messiah, to win those who were without the Law, or outside the Law).
Revelation 1:10I was in (the) Spirit in the Lord’s day [or in the Sunday], and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trump, (I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, or on a Sunday, and I heard a loud voice behind me, like the sound of a trumpet,)
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:2-14
Christ Vindicates His Disciples. 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the showbread, which was not lawful for him… Read the whole commentary →