Mark 2:28

Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

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WEBBE

Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

BSB

Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

KJV

Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

ASV

so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.

BBE

So that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

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ὥστε hōste So then G5620 κύριός kurios Lord G2962 ἐστιν estin is G1510 ὁ ho the G3588 υἱὸς huios Son G5207 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 ἀνθρώπου anthrōpou of Man G444 καὶ kai also even G2532 τοῦ tou of the G3588 σαββάτου.¶ sabbatou Sabbath G4521

The early church

(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) He calls himself properly, Lord of the sabbath, and Son of man, since being the Son of God, he deigned to be called Son of man, for the sake of men. Now the law has no authority over the Lawgiver and Lord, for more is allowed the king, than is appointed by the law. The law is given to the weak indeed, but not to the perfect and to those who work above what the law enjoins.
Pseudo-Chrysostom · d. 500Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
It goes on: Therefore the Son of man is Lord, &c. As if he said, David the king is to be excused for feeding on the food of the Priests, how much more the Son of man, the true King and Priest, and Lord of the sabbath, is free from fault, for pulling ears of corn on the sabbath-day.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 23–28

The sabbath is a sacred and Divine institution; a privilege and benefit, not a task and drudgery. God never designed it to be a burden to us, therefore we must not make it so to ourselves. The sabbath was instituted for the good of mankind, as living in society, having many wants and troubles, preparing for a state of happiness or misery. Man was not made for the sabbath, as if his keeping it could be of service to God, nor was he commanded to keep it outward observances to his real hurt. Every observance respecting it, is to be interpreted by the rule of mercy.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.