Introduction
The passage Matthew 12: 9-14 deals with the controversy of healing on the Sabbath Day. Works of any sort were against the law on the Sabbath day and healing would have made Jesus a law breaker. Prior to this passage there were other problems pertaining to the Sabbath Day law, but this passage confronts those issues of works on the Sabbath Day. In the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, the government was described as dictators at that time. “Here its primary sense is that they ‘exercised power over them’. There is no earthly government without the use of force.” (Friedrich and Friedrich 1964, 575) In those days, people felt as though the law ruled over everything without any exceptions. In a majority of instances …show more content…
Ten reliable sources from Benner Library were used in conducting this paper. This paper will inform readers about the laws regarding the Sabbath Day and a healing that occurred on the Sabbath Day involving a man with the withered hand. The question of lawfulness of Sabbath practices verses healing of humanity is brought forth by Jesus and is answered. The authorship, audience, place of writing, dating for the document, passages that precede and follow this parable of the man with the withered hand, verse by verse analyze, are also examined, and various translations of this scripture were read and addressed. Additionally, background information about the Sabbath Day is included in this exegetical …show more content…
Moreover, this confrontation reveals a large chasm between Jesus’ understanding of the law and the Pharisaic understanding.” (Hicks 1984, 80) Also according to that article “For instance, the Damascus Document XI, 16-17a forbids the saving of a life on the Sabbath day.” (Hicks 1984, 82) “The rabbis considered any use of medicine except in the case of life- and- death situations to be work, and thus it was forbidden on the Sabbath.” (Hicks 1984, 89) We know that in this parable this was not a life or death situation and that the man’s hand did not have to be healed that exact
The passage Matthew 12: 9-14 deals with the controversy of healing on the Sabbath Day. Works of any sort were against the law on the Sabbath day and healing would have made Jesus a law breaker. Prior to this passage there were other problems pertaining to the Sabbath Day law, but this passage confronts those issues of works on the Sabbath Day. In the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, the government was described as dictators at that time. “Here its primary sense is that they ‘exercised power over them’. There is no earthly government without the use of force.” (Friedrich and Friedrich 1964, 575) In those days, people felt as though the law ruled over everything without any exceptions. In a majority of instances …show more content…
Ten reliable sources from Benner Library were used in conducting this paper. This paper will inform readers about the laws regarding the Sabbath Day and a healing that occurred on the Sabbath Day involving a man with the withered hand. The question of lawfulness of Sabbath practices verses healing of humanity is brought forth by Jesus and is answered. The authorship, audience, place of writing, dating for the document, passages that precede and follow this parable of the man with the withered hand, verse by verse analyze, are also examined, and various translations of this scripture were read and addressed. Additionally, background information about the Sabbath Day is included in this exegetical …show more content…
Moreover, this confrontation reveals a large chasm between Jesus’ understanding of the law and the Pharisaic understanding.” (Hicks 1984, 80) Also according to that article “For instance, the Damascus Document XI, 16-17a forbids the saving of a life on the Sabbath day.” (Hicks 1984, 82) “The rabbis considered any use of medicine except in the case of life- and- death situations to be work, and thus it was forbidden on the Sabbath.” (Hicks 1984, 89) We know that in this parable this was not a life or death situation and that the man’s hand did not have to be healed that exact