So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath — the chapter's second Son of Man claim (after 2:10) concludes the Sabbath controversy with the most sweeping authority statement yet. If the Sabbath was made for human beings, and the Son of Man is the representative human being who embodies Israel's identity, then the Son of Man is Lord of what was made for humanity. The title Son of Man again draws on Daniel 7:13–14 where the Son of Man receives all authority. Jesus' authority over the Sabbath is not a claim to abolish it but to define it — the one who gave the Sabbath its meaning has the authority to interpret its application. The claim is simultaneously humanizing (Sabbath serves people) and divine (the Son of Man rules the Sabbath).

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