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Young's Literal Translation

Luke 6:5

and he said to them, -- `The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Jesus, the Christ;   Sabbath;   Tradition;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Divinity;   Divinity-Humanity;   Lord, Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Contribution;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Clean, Cleanness;   Harmony of the Gospels;   Lord's Prayer, the;   Luke, Gospel of;   People of the Land;   Son of Man;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Matthew, Gospel According to;   Unwritten Sayings;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Beatitude;   Caesarea Philippi;   Commandments;   Common Life;   Courage;   Creator (Christ as);   Discourse;   Dominion (2);   Dropsy;   Error;   Law of God;   Liberty;   Organization (2);   Sabbath ;   Sayings (Unwritten);   Son of Man;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sabbath;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Sabbath;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he told them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto them, That the sonne of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.
King James Version
And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
English Standard Version
And he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
New American Standard Bible
And He was saying to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
New Century Version
Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day."
Amplified Bible
Jesus was saying to them, "The Son of Man (the Messiah) is Lord [even] of the Sabbath."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He was saying to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Legacy Standard Bible
And He was saying to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus declared, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Contemporary English Version
Jesus finished by saying, "The Son of Man is Lord over the Sabbath."
Complete Jewish Bible
"The Son of Man," he concluded, "is Lord of Shabbat."
Darby Translation
And he said to them, The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, "The Son of Man is Lord over the Sabbath day."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he sayd vnto them, The Sonne of man is Lord also of the Sabbath day.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to them, The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.
Good News Translation
And Jesus concluded, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Lexham English Bible
And he said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Literal Translation
And He said to them, The Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath also.
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
Bible in Basic English
And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
Hebrew Names Version
He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Shabbat."
International Standard Version
Then he said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
Etheridge Translation
And he said to them, That the Lord of the shabath is the Son of man.
Murdock Translation
And he said to them: The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde vnto them: The sonne of man is Lord also of ye Sabboth day.
English Revised Version
And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
World English Bible
He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said to them, The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Weymouth's New Testament
"The Son of Man," He added, "is Lord of the Sabbath also."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hem, For mannus sone is lord, yhe, of the sabat.
Update Bible Version
And he said to them, The Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
New English Translation
Then he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
New King James Version
And He said to them, "The Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath."
New Living Translation
And Jesus added, "The Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath."
New Life Bible
The Son of Man is Lord of the Day of Rest also."
New Revised Standard
Then he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he was saying to them - The Son of Man is, Lord of the Sabbath.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, "The Son of man is lord of the sabbath."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto them: The sonne of man is Lorde of the saboth daye.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto them: The sonne of man is LORDE euen ouer the Sabbath.
Mace New Testament (1729)
the son of man, said he, may dispense even with the sabbath.
THE MESSAGE
Then he said, "The Son of Man is no slave to the Sabbath; he's in charge."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Then Jesus told 'em, "The Top Hand is the Lord of the day of rest."

Contextual Overview

1 And it came to pass, on the second-first sabbath, as he is going through the corn fields, that his disciples were plucking the ears, and were eating, rubbing with the hands, 2 and certain of the Pharisees said to them, `Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?' 3 And Jesus answering said unto them, `Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him, 4 how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did take, and did eat, and gave also to those with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?' 5 and he said to them, -- `The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.' 6 And it came to pass also, on another sabbath, that he goeth into the synagogue, and teacheth, and there was there a man, and his right hand was withered, 7 and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him. 8 And he himself had known their reasonings, and said to the man having the withered hand, `Rise, and stand in the midst;' and he having risen, stood. 9 Then said Jesus unto them, `I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?' 10 And having looked round on them all, he said to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand;' and he did so, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 11:5-8, Mark 2:27, Mark 9:7, Revelation 1:10

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 17:22 - neither do Matthew 12:8 - General Mark 2:28 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,
Genesis 6:3
And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man -- to the age; in their erring they [are] flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.
Genesis 6:4
The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them -- they [are] the heroes, who, from of old, [are] the men of name.
Genesis 6:9
These [are] births of Noah: Noah [is] a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.
Genesis 6:19
and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every [sort] thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.
Genesis 6:20
Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [sort] they come in unto thee, to keep alive.
Genesis 6:21
`And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.'
Genesis 8:21
and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;
Genesis 13:13
and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.
Deuteronomy 29:19
`And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them,.... He adds this at the close of the instances he gave, at the end of his vindication of his disciples, and discourse with the Pharisees, as a full answer to their cavils;

that the son of man is Lord also of the sabbath; and may do what he will, and suffer his disciples to do whatever he pleases on that day;

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