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Mark 2:23

King James Version (KJV)

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And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

Mark 2:23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Mark 2:23

Theological / Devotional

It came to pass. [Plucking Grain on the Sabbath, Mark 2:23–28=Matt. 12:1–8=Luke 6:1–5. Major comment: Mark. See Early Galilean Ministry.] This incident probably took place on a Sabbath day in the late spring of A.D. 29, since it is grouped with events of that period of time.

Through the corn fields. Or, “beside the fields of grain.” Undoubtedly the disciples were not walking through the grain, treading it down, but along a path that went through the fields.

On the sabbath. Inasmuch as the Pharisees here made no objection to the distance covered, it would seem that it was not more than a Sabbath day’s journey, that is, about 2/3 mi. (see p. 50).

Of corn. Literally, “of grain”; in this instance almost certainly either wheat or barley. Luke (see ch. 6:1) adds that the disciples began rubbing the barley or wheat in their hands to remove the hulls.

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