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MATTHEW 12:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 12:8Matt 12:10
“And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:”
He went on from there and entered their synagogue. The second Sabbath confrontation is in the synagogue — the formal teaching space — rather than the informal setting of the grainfield. The their synagogue communicates the ownership conflict: the Pharisees' synagogue, where they set the terms of acceptable religious practice. The confrontation in the synagogue is public and formal, raising the stakes from the informal roadside dispute over the disciples' grain-plucking.

Church Fathers on Matthew 12:9

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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