Luke 6:4
How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
Luke 6:4 in other translations
| BSB | He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.” |
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| WEB | how he entered into God’s house, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?” |
| ASV | how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the showbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests alone? |
| YLT | 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?' |
| DARBY | how he entered into the house of God and took the shewbread and ate, and gave to those also who were with him, which it is not lawful that any eat, unless the priests alone? |
| BBE | How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him? |
| Webster | How he went into the house of God, and took and ate the show-bread, and gave also to them that were with him, which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? |
What does Luke 6:4 mean?
Barnes' Notes
(d) "which it is not lawful" Lev 24:9
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 6:1-5
Christ justifies his disciples in a work of necessity for themselves on the sabbath day, and that was plucking the ears of corn when they were hungry. But we must take heed that we mistake not this liberty for leave to commit sin. Christ will have us to know and remember that it is his day, therefore to be spent in his service, and to his honour.
Luke 6:4 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 6:4
- Leviticus 24:5-9
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord. Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. …
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Context
- Luke 6:3
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
- Luke 6:4
How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
- Luke 6:5
And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Luke 6:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cómo entró en la casa de Dios, y tomó los panes de la proposición, y comió, y dió también á los que estaban con él, los cuales no era lícito comer, sino á solos los sacerdotes? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | comment il entra dans la maison de Dieu, et prit les pains de proposition, et en mangea, et en donna aussi à ceux qui étaient avec lui, quoiqu’il ne soit pas permis d’en manger, sinon aux sacrificateurs seuls? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | wie er in das Haus Gottes ging und die Schaubrote nahm und aß, und auch denen gab, die bei ihm waren, welche niemand essen darf, als nur die Priester allein? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quomodo intravit in domum Dei, et panes propositionis sumpsit, et manducavit, et dedit his qui cum ipso erant: quos non licet manducare nisi tantum sacerdotibus? |