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Selected Verse: Luke 14:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 14:3 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] Jesus [2424] answering [611] spake [2036] unto [4314] the lawyers [3544] and [2532] Pharisees [5330], saying [3004], Is it [1487] lawful [1832] to heal [2323] on the sabbath day [4521]? |
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King James |
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (See on Mat 12:11-12). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Jesus, answering - To "answer," in the Scriptures, does not always imply, as among us, that anything had been said before. It means often merely to "begin" or to take up a subject, or, as here, to remark on the case that was present.
Is it lawful ... - He knew that they were watching him. If he healed the man at once, they would accuse him. He, therefore, proposed the question to them, and when it was asked, they could not say that it was not lawful. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And Jesus answering, spake - Answering the thoughts which he saw rising in their hearts. |
11 And [1161] he said [2036] unto them [846], What [5101] man [444] shall there be [2071] among [1537] you [5216], that [3739] shall have [2192] one [1520] sheep [4263], and [2532] if [1437] it [5124] fall [1706] into [1519] a pit [999] on the sabbath day [4521], will he [2902] not [3780] lay hold [2902] on it [846], and [2532] lift it out [1453]?
12 How much [4214] then [3767] is a man [444] better than [1308] a sheep [4263]? Wherefore [5620] it is lawful [1832] to do [4160] well [2573] on the sabbath days [4521].