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MATTHEW 12:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 12:9Matt 12:11
“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.

Church Fathers on Matthew 12:10

Because by fair instances He had vindicated His disciples from the charge of breaking the sabbath, the Pharisees seek to bring false accusation against Himself; whence it is said, 'And passing thence, he came into their synagogue.'

Jerome · 4th century

For the things that had gone before were said and done in the open air, and after this He entered the synagogue.

Hilary of Poitiers · 4th century

It might have been supposed that the matter of the ears of corn, and this cure following had been done on the same day, for it is mentioned to have been the sabbath day in both cases, had not Luke shewn us that they were on different days. So that what Matthew says, 'And when he had passed thence, he came into their synagogue,' is to be taken as that He did not enter into the synagogue till He had passed thence; but whether several days intervened or He went thither straight…

Augustine · 4th century · De Cons. Ev., ii, 35
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