Matthew 12:1
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| Matthew 12:1 | |
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← 11:30 12:2 → | |
 "Jesus and his disciples walk through the corn". (1873). | |
| Book | Gospel of Matthew |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 12:1 is the first verse in the twelfth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort, this verse is:
- Ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ ἐπορεύθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοῖς σάββασι διὰ τῶν σπορίμων· οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπείνασαν, καὶ ἤρξαντο τίλλειν στάχυας καὶ ἐσθίειν.
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads:
- 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.
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.
Analysis
Mark 2:23 and Luke 6:1 also give the same account. In Matthew's account, the verse starts with "at that time", denoting that the occasion is not time-specific. However, it was the Sabbath which by Exodus 35:3 was to be kept free from work. The Greek word for the Sabbath day is plural (τοῖς σάββασι, tois sabbasi) which is a Hebrew expression meaning "one of the Sabbaths". The act of rubbing the wheat and eating from a neighbour's field was allowed by Deuteronomy 23:25. Cornelius a Lapide notes that the fact they rubbed the ears of corn in their hands and satisfied their hunger is a sign of an austere life.[1][2][3]
