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MATTHEW 12:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 12:12Matt 12:14
“Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.”
Then he said to the man: stretch out your hand. And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other. Jesus heals the man after making the legal argument — the healing is the demonstration that what he has argued is true. The man who stretched out his withered hand in response to the command received the hand's restoration in the act of obedience. The healing vindicates the legal argument and challenges the Pharisees' accusation with the evidence of restored humanity.

Church Fathers on Matthew 12:13

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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