Matthew 12:5
“Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Or have ye not read in the law,.... Num 28:9 by which law the priests were obliged, every sabbath day, to offer up two…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Matthew 12:4-5
How he entered into the house of God - That is, the “tabernacle,” the temple not being then built. Have ye not read in…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Matthew 12:1-13
The Jewish teachers had corrupted many of the commandments, by interpreting them more loosely than they were intended; a…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the priests in the temple profane the sabbath by labour in removing the shewbread, preparing fire for the sacrifice, and…