Mar 2:23-28 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 2:23-28: 2:23-28 In this controversy, Jesus and his disciples are accused of breaking the Sabbath (Exod 20:8-11 ). Picking grain by hand in another person’s field was lawful (Deut 23:25 ). The charge was that by rubbing the chaff from the kernels, the disciples were working on the Sabbath , which was forbidden (Exod 34:21 ).

a2:23-28►

bExod 20:8-11►

cDeut 23:25►

dExod 34:21►

e2:25-26►

f1 Sam 21►

gLev 24:5-9►

hMark 2:27-28►

i2:27-28►

j1 Cor 15:25-28►

kEph 1:20-22►

lPhil 2:9-11►

mMark 2:7►

‏ Mark 2:23-28

Summary for Mark 2:23-28: 2:23-28 ^a In this controversy, Jesus and his disciples are accused of breaking the Sabbath (Exod 20:8-11 ^b). Picking grain by hand in another person’s field was lawful (Deut 23:25 ^c). The charge was that by rubbing the chaff from the kernels, the disciples were working on the Sabbath, which was forbidden (Exod 34:21 ^d).
Summary for Mark 2:25-26: 2:25-26 ^e Jesus countered with reference to an incident in the life of King David (1 Sam 21 ^f). When David and his followers ate the sacred loaves—the twelve loaves in the Tabernacle that only priests were allowed to eat—they broke the law (see Lev 24:5-9 ^g). But deeper principles were at work (Mark 2:27-28 ^h).
Summary for Mark 2:27-28: 2:27-28 ⁱ Since Jesus is the Lord of humanity (1 Cor 15:25-28 ^j; Eph 1:20-22 ^k; Phil 2:9-11 ^l) and since the Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, he is Lord ... over the Sabbath. As with Jesus’ authority to forgive sins (Mark 2:7 ^m), this was a claim to divine authority.