Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THE HEALING OF A WITHERED HAND ON THE SABBATH DAY AND RETIREMENT OF JESUS TO AVOID DANGER. ( = Mark 3:1-12; Luke 6:6-11). (Matthew 12:9-21)
And when he was departed thence--but "on another sabbath" (Luke 6:6).
he went into their synagogue--and taught," He had now, no doubt, arrived in Galilee; but this, it would appear, did not occur at Capernaum, for after it was over, He "withdrew Himelf," it is said "to the sea" (Mark 3:7), whereas Capernaum was at the sea.
And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered--disabled by paralysis (as in 1 Kings 13:4). It was his right hand, as Luke (Luke 6:6) graphically notes. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him--Mark and Luke (Mark 3:2; Luke 6:7) say they "watched Him whether He would heal on the sabbath day." They were now come to the length of dogging His steps, to collect materials for a charge of impiety against Him. It is probable that it was to their thoughts rather than their words that Jesus addressed Himself in what follows.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 12:9
Luke 6:7
Luke 13:15
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