Matthew 12:9

Good News Translation

Jesus left that place and went to a synagogue,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Moving on from there, he entered their synagogue.

King James Version (1611)
And when hee was departed thence, he went into their Synagogue.

King James Version
And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:

English Standard Version
He went on from there and entered their synagogue.

New American Standard Bible
Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

New Century Version
Jesus left there and went into their synagogue,

Amplified Bible
Leaving there, He went into their synagogue.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he departed thence, and went into their Synagoue:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

Legacy Standard Bible
And departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

Berean Standard Bible
Moving on from there, Jesus entered their synagogue,

Contemporary English Version
Jesus left and went into one of the Jewish meeting places,

Complete Jewish Bible
Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue.

Darby Translation
And, going away from thence, he came into their synagogue.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus went from there to their synagogue.

George Lamsa Translation
And Jesus departed from thence and came to their synagogue.

Lexham English Bible
And going on from there he came into their synagogue.

Literal Translation
And moving from there, He came into their synagogue.

American Standard Version
And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue:

Bible in Basic English
And he went from there into their Synagogue:

Hebrew Names Version
He departed there, and went into their synagogue.

International Standard Version
Moving on from there, Jesushe">[fn] went into their synagogue.Mark 3:1; Luke 6:6;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
AND Jeshu passed thence, and came into their synagogue.

Murdock Translation
And Jesus went from there, and came to their synagogue.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue,

English Revised Version
And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue:

World English Bible
He departed there, and went into their synagogue.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And departing thence, he went into their synagogue. And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand.

Weymouth's New Testament
Departing thence He went to their synagogue,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he passide fro thennus, he cam in to the synagoge of hem.

Update Bible Version
And he departed from there, and went into their synagogue:

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he had departed thence, he went into their synagogue.

New English Translation
Then Jesus left that place and entered their synagogue.

New King James Version
Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11">[xr] Now when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue.

New Living Translation
Then Jesus went over to their synagogue,

New Life Bible
From there Jesus went into their place of worship.

New Revised Standard
He left that place and entered their synagogue;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, passing on from thence, he came into their synagogue;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had passed from thence, he came into their synagogues.

Revised Standard Version
And he went on from there, and entered their synagogue.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he departed thence and went into their synagoge:

Young's Literal Translation
And having departed thence, he went to their synagogue,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he departed thence, and wente in to their synagoge:

Mace New Testament (1729)
At his departure thence, he went into their synagogue.

THE MESSAGE
When Jesus left the field, he entered their meeting place. There was a man there with a crippled hand. They said to Jesus, "Is it legal to heal on the Sabbath?" They were baiting him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Then Jesus rode up to their church, watered his horse, and went in.

Contextual Overview

¹ Not long afterward Jesus was walking through some wheat fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began to pick heads of wheat and eat the grain. ² When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Jesus, "Look, it is against our Law for your disciples to do this on the Sabbath!" ³ Jesus answered, "Have you never read what David did that time when he and his men were hungry? ⁴ He went into the house of God, and he and his men ate the bread offered to God, even though it was against the Law for them to eat it—only the priests were allowed to eat that bread. ⁵ Or have you not read in the Law of Moses that every Sabbath the priests in the Temple actually break the Sabbath law, yet they are not guilty? ⁶ I tell you that there is something here greater than the Temple. ⁷ The scripture says, ‘It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.' If you really knew what this means, you would not condemn people who are not guilty; ⁸ for the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." ⁹ Jesus left that place and went to a synagogue, ¹⁰ where there was a man who had a paralyzed hand. Some people were there who wanted to accuse Jesus of doing wrong, so they asked him, "Is it against our Law to heal on the Sabbath?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he went: Mark 3:1-5, Luke 6:6-11

Reciprocal: Matthew 4:23 - teaching

Cross-References

Genesis 12:13
Tell them that you are my sister; then because of you they will let me live and treat me well."

Genesis 12:14
When he crossed the border into Egypt, the Egyptians did see that his wife was beautiful.

Genesis 13:1
Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his wife and everything he owned, and Lot went with him.

Genesis 13:3
Then he left there and moved from place to place, going toward Bethel. He reached the place between Bethel and Ai where he had camped before

Genesis 24:62
Isaac had come into the wilderness of "The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me" and was staying in the southern part of Canaan.

Psalms 105:13
They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to another.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he was departed thence,.... From the corn fields, where the disciples had plucked the ears of corn, and this conversation passed between Christ and the Pharisees about the violation of the sabbath, he went into their synagogue; not on the same sabbath day, as one might be led to conclude from the account of this evangelist, but on another sabbath, as Luke expresses it, Luke 6:6. He might indeed directly go into one of their synagogues the same day, where he and his disciples seem to have been going, and stay in the city the week following; and then, as it is said in Mark 3:1 he entered again into the synagogue; not being afraid of the Pharisees, who sought an advantage against him; nor deterred by them from doing good to men; and willing to take another opportunity of exposing their ignorance and malice.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The account contained in these verses is recorded also in Mark 3:1-5, and Luke 6:6-10.

Matthew 12:10

A man which had his hand withered - This was probably one form of the palsy. See Barnes Mt 4:24.

Mark and Luke have mentioned some circumstances omitted by Matthew. They say that Jesus addressed the man, and told him to stand forth in the midst. He then addressed the people. He asked them if it was lawful to do good on the Sabbath day? This was admitted by all their teachers, and it could not be denied. They were therefore silent. He then appealed to them, and drew an argument from their own conduct. A man that had a sheep that should fall into a pit on the Sabbath day would exercise the common offices of humanity, and draw it out. If a man would save the life of a sheep, was it not proper to save the life of a man ? By a reference to their own conduct, he silenced them. Mark adds, that he looked on them with anger; that is, with strong disapprobation of their conduct. Their envy and malignity excited feelings of holy indignation. See Barnes Mr 3:5.

Matthew 12:12

How much, then, is a man better than a sheep? - Of more consequence or value.

If you would show an act of kindness to a brute beast on the Sabbath, how much more important is it to evince similar kindness to one made in the image of God!

It is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days - This was universally allowed by the Jews in the abstract; and Jesus only showed them that the principle on which they acted in other things applied with more force to the case before him, and that the act which he was about to perform was, by their own confession, lawful.

Matthew 12:13

Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand - This was a remarkable commandment.

The man might have said that he had no strength - that it was a thing which he could not do. Yet, “being commanded,” it was his duty to obey. He did so, and was healed. So the sinner. It is his duty to obey whatever God commands. He will give strength to those who endeavor to do his will. It is not right to plead, when God commands us to do a thing, that we have no strength. He will give us strength, if there is a disposition to obey. At the same time, however, this passage should not be applied to the sinner as if it proved that he has no more strength or ability than the man who had the withered hand. It proves no such thing: it has no reference to any such case. It may be used to prove that man should instantly obey the commands of God, without pausing to examine the question about his ability, and especially without saying “that he can do nothing.” What would the Saviour have said to this man if he had objected that he could not stretch out his hand?

It was restored whole - Christ had before claimed divine authority and power Matthew 12:6-9, he now showed that he possessed it. By his “own power” he healed him, thus evincing by a miracle that his claim of being Lord of the Sabbath was well founded.

These two cases determine what may be done on the Sabbath. The one was a case of “necessity,” the other of “mercy.” The example of the Saviour, and his explanations, show that these are a part of the proper duties of that holy day. Beyond an “honest” and “conscientious” discharge of these two duties, people may not devote the Sabbath to any secular purpose. If they do, they do it at their peril. They go beyond what His authority authorizes them to do. They do what he claimed the special right of doing, as being Lord of the Sabbath. They usurp His place, and act and legislate where God only has a right to act land legislate. People may as well trample down any other law of the Bible as that respecting the Sabbath.