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Mark 2:27 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:


Mark 2:27Greek Interlinear

Greek · Mark 2:2716 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἔλεγενelegen
He was sayingverbG3004
αὐτοῖςautois
to thempronounG846
ΤὸTo
ThearticleG3588
σάββατονsabbaton
SabbathnounG4521
διὰdia
on account ofprepositionG1223
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
ἄνθρωπονanthrōpon
mannounG444
ἐγένετοegeneto
was madeverbG1096
καὶkai
and / alsowordG2532
οὐχouch
notadverbG3756
ho
thearticleG3588
ἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
mannounG444
διὰdia
on account ofprepositionG1223
τὸto
thearticleG3588
σάββατονsabbaton
SabbathnounG4521
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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Elena PetrovaNote1mo ago
Sabbath for Humanity
The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. Jesus is directly inverting the religious logic. The Sabbath—one of the Ten Commandments—exists for human flourishing, not to constrain it. I gr...
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