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Matthew 12

Matt. 12:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But when
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
the Pharisees
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Pharisaios (Greek #5330)
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
KJV usage: Pharisee.
Pronounce: far-is-ah'-yos
Origin: of Hebrew origin (compare 06567)
saw
eido (Greek #1492)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
KJV usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: i'-do
Origin: a primary verb
it, they said
epo (Greek #2036)
to speak or say (by word or writing)
KJV usage: answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell. Compare 3004.
Pronounce: ep'-o
Origin: a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from 2046, 4483, and 5346)
unto him
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
, Behold
idou (Greek #2400)
second person singular imperative middle voice of 1492; used as imperative lo!; --behold, lo, see.
Pronounce: id-oo'
, thy
sou (Greek #4675)
of thee, thy
KJV usage: X home, thee, thine (own), thou, thy.
Pronounce: soo
Origin: genitive case of 4771
disciples
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
mathetes (Greek #3101)
a learner, i.e. pupil
KJV usage: disciple.
Pronounce: math-ay-tes'
Origin: from 3129
do
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
that which
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
is
exesti (Greek #1832)
so also ἐξόν (ex-on') neuter present participle of the same (with or without some form of 1510 expressed); impersonally, it is right (through the figurative idea of being out in public)
KJV usage: be lawful, let, X may(-est).
Pronounce: ex'-es-tee
Origin: third person singular present indicative of a compound of 1537 and 1510
not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
lawful
exesti (Greek #1832)
so also ἐξόν (ex-on') neuter present participle of the same (with or without some form of 1510 expressed); impersonally, it is right (through the figurative idea of being out in public)
KJV usage: be lawful, let, X may(-est).
Pronounce: ex'-es-tee
Origin: third person singular present indicative of a compound of 1537 and 1510
to do
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
a upon
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the sabbath day
sabbaton (Greek #4521)
the Sabbath (i.e. Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight, i.e. the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications
KJV usage: sabbath (day), week.
Pronounce: sab'-bat-on
Origin: of Hebrew origin (07676)
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Ex. 31:15•  (Ex. 31:15)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Behold.
Matt. 12:10• 10and, behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? that they might accuse him. (Matt. 12:10)
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Ex. 20:9‑11•  (Ex. 20:9‑11)
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Ex. 23:12•  (Ex. 23:12)
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Ex. 31:15‑17•  (Ex. 31:15‑17)
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Ex. 35:2•  (Ex. 35:2)
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Num. 15:32‑36•  (Num. 15:32‑36)
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Isa. 58:13•  (Isa. 58:13)
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Mark 3:2‑5• 2{i}And they watched him if he would heal him on the Sabbath, that they might accuse him.{/i}
 3{i}And he says to the man who had his hand dried up,{/i} Stand forth {i}[and come] into the midst.{/i}
 4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to save life or to kill? But they were silent,
 5and when he had looked round about on them with anger, being distressed at the hardening of their hearts, he says to the man, Stretch out thine hand, and he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. (Mark 3:2‑5)
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Luke 6:6‑11• 6{i}And it came to pass on another Sabbath also that he entered into the synagogue and taught; and{/i} there was a man whose right hand was withered.
 7{i}And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching{/i} whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find something of which to accuse him.
 8But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise up and stand in the midst. And having risen up, he stood [there].
 9{i}Jesus therefore said to them,{/i} I will ask you if it is lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy [it]?
 10And having looked around on them all, he said to him, Stretch out thy hand. {i}And he did [so],{/i} and his hand was restored as the other.
 11{i}But{/i} they were filled with madness, and spoke together among themselves what they should do to Jesus. (Luke 6:6‑11)
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Luke 13:10‑17• 10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath{i}.
 11And lo, [there was] a woman, having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent together, and wholly unable to lift her head up.
 12And Jesus, seeing her{i},{/i} called to [her], and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
 13And he laid his hands upon her; and immediately she was made straight and glorified God.
 14But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, said in answer to the crowd, There are six days in which [people] ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.
 15The Lord therefore answered him and said, Hypocrites, doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger and leading [it] away, water [it]?
 16And this [woman] who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo [these] eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?
 17And as he said these things, all who were opposed to him were ashamed, and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things which were being done by him. (Luke 13:10‑17)
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Luke 23:56• 56{i}And having returned they prepared aromatic spices and ointments, and remained quiet on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.{/i} (Luke 23:56)
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John 5:9‑11,16‑17• 9And immediately the man became well and took up his couch and walked. And on that day was Sabbath.
 10The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is Sabbath, and it is not allowed thee to take up thy couch.
 11He answered them, He that made me well, the same said to me, Take up thy couch and walk.
 16And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on a Sabbath.
 17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. (John 5:9‑11,16‑17)
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John 7:21‑24• 21Jesus answered and said to them, One work I did, and ye all wonder because of this.
 22Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses but of the fathers), and on a Sabbath ye circumcise a man.
 23If a man receiveth circumcision on a Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye angry at me because I made a man entirely sound on a Sabbath?
 24Judge not according to sight, but judge the righteous judgment. (John 7:21‑24)
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John 9:14‑16• 14Now it was Sabbath [on the day] when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
 15Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received sight. And he said to them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed and do see.
 16Some of the Pharisees then said, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man do such signs? And there was a division among them. (John 9:14‑16)
• No ceremonial is worth a straw if the heart does not honour Christ. Why were the disciples reduced to pluck and eat the ears of corn? Why were the followers ,of the true King reduced to hunger? (“Remarks on Matthew 12” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

W. Kelly Translation

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But the Pharisees, seeing [it], said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on Sabbath.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)