Originally the Sabbath was given to be a
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work – Exodus 20:8-11 (NIV)
Mishnah: This fundamental mishna enumerates those who perform the primary categories of labor prohibited on Shabbat, which number forty-less-one. – Shabbath 7:2
(v.1) When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain. – Deuteronomy 23:25 (NKJV)
The Pharisees placed on par with scripture but Jesus points to God’s (vv.3-4)
God’s Heart: Human takes precedence over religious (vv.3-4)
David answered Ahimelech the priest,” 3Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find.” 4But the priest answered David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is some consecrated bread here…” – 1 Samuel 21:1-7 (NIV)
Matthew adds: Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? – Matthew 12:5 (NIV)
Priests worked on the Sabbath: ‘Then on the sabbath day two male lambs one year old without defect, and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering: 10’This is the burnt offering of every sabbath in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. – Numbers 28:9-10 (NASB)
Jesus proclaims to them that He is (v.5)
Religious people turn what was given as a
into a
…one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.” 2And He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. – Luke 11:1-2 (NASB)
(v.6) Withered: xeros (through the idea of scorching); arid
For Jesus was the same as (v.9)
But they remained silent. – Mark 3:4 (NIV)
Matthew Adds: He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? 12How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” – Matthew 12:11-12 (NIV)
In the Gospels, the only time Jesus gets angry is
at judgmental (v.10)
He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” – Mark 3:5 (NIV)
When Jesus gives the to do something He always gives the
to do it (v.10)
(v.11) And they were filled with madness (CWSB)
…the Pharisees…began to plot…how they might kill Jesus. – Mark 3:6 (NIV)
Justin Martyr (AD100-AD165) The new law requires you to keep perpetual sabbath, and you, because you are idle for one day, suppose you are pious. …The Lord God does not take pleasure in such observances; if there is any perjured person or thief among you, let him cease to be so; if any adulterer, let him repent; then he has kept the sweet and true sabbath of God. – Dialogues 12:3
Why Come to Worship:
For Jesus there is nothing for Him to
While there He is bombarded with
Goes to the Place of Worship to be a
The Man with the Withered Hand:
Still goes to worship because he hasn’t
Apparently, he realized this
It’s embarrassing when everyone knows your
…who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?” – John 9:2 (NASB77)