The disciples were hungry so they plucked grain and ate. The pharisees saw the lords men, and began to question jesus as to why his disciples did that which was not lawful on the sabbath. Jesus performed many miracles during his time on earth. After all, he healed on the sabbath, he defended his disciples for picking grain on the sabbath. During his ministry as a human here on earth, jesus christ and his disciples were accused of breaking the sabbath. Doug batchelor did jesus break the sabbath commandment. Many believe that jesus was asserting his right to break the sabbath if he wanted to and that by extension his disciples. This is a curious story in the gospels because it depicts jesus as. Jesus defended his disciples gleaning on the sabbath by retelling a story about david. Only the disciples were charged with the violation. The disciples were hungry as they went through a grainfield on the sabbath. Because jesus performed miracles of healing on the sabbath, the pharisees accused him of breaking the sabbath.
Jesus said, do not think that i came to destroy the law or the prophets. A popular handbook on bible difficulties wheaton, ill victor books, 1992. There are many scriptures that verify the sabbath day being the 7th day of the. Now, in a book that can heal our harried lives, wayne muller, author of the spiritual classic how, then, shall we live. His disciples were hungry, so they began breaking off some heads of grain and. Did christians keep the sabbath in the book of acts. There is an offbrand of the 7th day adventists that has unfortunately hooked a friend of mine.
The disciples kept the sabbath even the apostle paul, after being accused of teaching that the law had been abolished, said that he keeps the commandments. Sunday is the sabbath since the disciples broke bread then. After the resurrection of jesus christ, which occurred on the first day of the week see mark 16. Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders. Matthew 12 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. The basis for the idea that jesus broke the sabbath is the accusations made by jesus enemies among the pharisees and scribes. This section arises because there are so many christians today who break the sabbath. King james bible and upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, paul preached unto.
He was just hungry and so even its like eating sunflower seeds. Jesus defends disciples who pluck grain on the sabbath. Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight acts 20. But the nt fails to mention they were in mortal danger. What were the disciples doing that the pharisees said was unlawful to do on the sabbath. The sabbath is the lords day, set apart each week for rest and worship. The action of plucking ears of grain on the sabbath by the disciples. Jesus said that the pharisees, not understanding the law, had condemned the guiltless matthew 12. Often we hear that jesus taught against the sabbath as a day of rest. He made a claim that the disciples kept the sabbath 85 times in the book of acts. A seemingly innocent act on the part of our lords disciples precipitated an incident in which the pharisees challenged the lord jesus to defend or denounce his disciples. The pharisees condemn jesus disciples for plucking grain on the sabbath. At that time jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath. But the day is a sabbath, and the pharisees observe what they are doing.
This video explains what does it mean to do good on the sabbath and not be committing a sin when doing so. The ten commandments, including the saturday sabbath, were not done away. Jesus 7 miracles he performed on the sabbath teachings. At about that time jesus was walking through some grainfields on the sabbath. Matthew 12 new revised standard version catholic edition nrsvce plucking grain on the sabbath. Read jesus defends disciples who pluck grain on the sabbath. Therefore the son of man is also lord of the sabbath mark 2. While the disciples were guilty of violating an injunction that the pharisees had concocted supposing the injunction to be a genuine implication of the sabbath regulation, the disciples were not guilty of a. After jesus ascended back to heaven, the disciples of christ continued to keep the seventhday sabbath for many decades. The ten commandments, including the saturday sabbath, were not done away with when christ died. Yet jesus disciples deliberately and knowingly picked grain on the sabbath, thus arousing the ire of the pharisees by doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath. First, christ himself was not directly accused of breaking the law on this occasion. Every single commandment can be found reiterated in the new testament. Every time the pharisees challenged him about the rules of the sabbath, he set them straight that the sabbath.
But some pharisees saw them do it and protested, look, your disciples are breaking the law by harvesting grain on the sabbath. At that time jesus went on the sabbath through the grain fields, and his disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat. Had the disciples actually broken the sabbath by doing so this could not be used to show jesus had broken the sabbath. He spent the sabbath preaching, teaching, healing, honoring god and doing the good work of his ministrythe work of god.
Pharisees accuse jesus of violating the sabbath when disciples. Returning the holy sabbath to the disciples of jesus paperback may 31, 2016. In old testament times, gods covenant people observed the sabbath on the seventh day of the week because god rested on the seventh day when he had created the earth see genesis 2. Now the pharisees bring an accusation based on the disciples actions. Breaking the sabbath is justified to save a life the disciples were hungry. Disputing a terrible abuse of scripture may 22, 2015 what article am i disputing. King james bible and upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow. Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the sabbath. Jesus intentionally breaks the sabbath it was at that time, after speaking in this way, that jesus went with his disciples on the sabbath day through the cornfields. These sections each relate an encounter between jesus, his apostles and the pharisees, the first of the four sabbath controversies. Many teach that the messiah broke the sabbath, but did he ever sin. Matthew 12 questions and answers on jesus and sabbath.
The disciples kept the sabbath 85 times in the book of acts there are many scriptures that verify the sabbath day being the 7th day of the week. Clearly, the disciples were falsely accused, and were not guilty of breaking the sabbath. Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath. At that time jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath, and his disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat. Hungry, the disciples were pulling off the heads of grain and munching on them. Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. Pharisees accuse jesus of violating the sabbath when. The disciples kept the sabbath 85 times in acts eliyah. All throughout the new testament, the first day of the week is called the first day of the week. The sabbath was meant to be a day for healing and for doing good. The lord of the sabbath is an expression describing jesus which appears in all three synoptic gospels, matthew 12. Sabbath time can be a sabbath afternoon, a sabbath hour, a sabbath. The disciples actions were clearly not a breach of the biblical, but of the rabbinic law edersheim, book ii, 2. Surely if the priests service allowed things that would otherwise be a violation of the sabbath, then the disciples service to jesus would likewise allow them to do things that otherwise should not be done on the sabbath.
The record of scripture is that jesus kept the sabbath faithfully, as god intended it to be kept. On a certain sabbath day, christ and his disciples were passing through a grain field. But when the pharisees saw it, they said to him, look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath. Was the observance of the seventhday sabbath done away with, canceled, changed, replaced, fulfilled, made obsolete, suppressed, hijacked, or simply forgotten.
Why did they consider what the disciples did as unlawful. Scripture also records that jesus disciples were walking through a field on the sabbath. There is no mention of a sabbath being observed in this verse. The disciples saw all the ears of corn, and because they were hungry they all began to help themselves and eat. Even if you already know the answers, youll want to read this book. Here we see an example of the disciples gathering together on the first day of the week. By eating grain on the sabbath when hungry, jesus disciples did not break gods. From sabbath to sabbath approaches the question of the sabbath. Matthew 12 nrsvce plucking grain on the sabbath at. Recall that recently certain jews in jerusalem wanted to kill jesus, accusing him of violating the sabbath. Although jesus makes it clear throughout the new testament, not just that the rules have changed, but. One sabbath day as jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat. This was not stealing but was expressly permitted by the law, as long as one did so only to meet an.