MATTHEW 12:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.”
And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him: is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? — so that they might accuse him. The withered hand is presented as a test case rather than a healing request — the Pharisees ask whether healing on the Sabbath is lawful, not because they want the man healed, but to find a charge against Jesus. The man with the withered hand is instrumentalized by the Pharisees as a legal trap. Jesus' response will address both the legal question and the man's condition.
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