Mark 2 · Verse 28

Mark 2:28

Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Mark 2:28, King James Version

Mark 2:28 in other translations

BSBTherefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
WEBTherefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
ASVso that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.
YLTso that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.'
DARBYso that the Son of man is lord of the sabbath also.
BBESo that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
WebsterTherefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

What does Mark 2:28 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 28. Therefore the Son of man, etc. Mt 12:8.

(z) "Therefore the Son" Jn 9:14, Eph 1:22, Rev 1:10

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 The Son of man is Lord - See on Mat 12:7, Mat 12:8 (note). Some have understood this as applying to men in general, and not to Christ. The Son of man, any man is Lord of the Sabbath; i.e. it was made for him, for his ease, comfort, and use, and to these purposes he is to apply it. But this is a very harsh, and at the same time a very lax, mode of interpretation; for it seems to say that a man may make what use he pleases of the Sabbath; and, were this true, the moral obligation of the Sabbath would soon be annihilated. God ordained the Sabbath not only to be a type of that rest which remains for the people of God, but to be also a mean of promoting the welfare of men in general. The ordinances of religion should be regulated according to their end, which is the honor of God, and the salvation of men. It is the property of the true religion to contain nothing in it but what is beneficial to man. Hereby God plainly shows that it is neither out of indigence or interest that he requires men to worship and obey him; but only out of goodness, and to make them happy. God prohibited work on the Sabbath day, lest servants should be oppressed by their masters, that the laboring beasts might have necessary rest, and that men might have a proper opportunity to attend upon his ordinances, and get their souls saved. To the Sabbath, under God, we owe much of what is requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 2:23-28

The sabbath is a sacred and Divine institution; a privilege and benefit, not a task and drudgery. God never designed it to be a burden to us, therefore we must not make it so to ourselves. The sabbath was instituted for the good of mankind, as living in society, having many wants and troubles, preparing for a state of happiness or misery. Man was not made for the sabbath, as if his keeping it could be of service to…

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Mark 2:28 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὥστεhōsteSo thenG5620
κύριόςkuriosLordG2962
ἐστινestinisG1510
ὁhotheG3588
υἱὸςhuiosSonG5207
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ἀνθρώπουanthrōpouof ManG444
καὶkaialso evenG2532
τοῦtouof theG3588
σαββάτου.¶sabbatouSabbath.G4521

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 2:28

  • Matthew 12:8

    For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

  • Revelation 1:10

    I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

  • John 9:14

    And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

  • John 5:17

    But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

  • Ephesians 1:22

    And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

  • John 5:9-11

    And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

  • Luke 6:5

    And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

  • Luke 13:15-16

    The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

  • John 9:5-11

    As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? …

  • John 9:16

    Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

  • Mark 3:4

    And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:4; Mt 12:8; Lu 6:5; 13:15,16; Joh 5:9-11,17; 9:5-11,14,16
Eph 1:22; Re 1:10

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Context

  • Mark 2:27

    And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

  • Mark 2:28

    Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

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Mark 2:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así que el Hijo del hombre es Señor aun del sábado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		de sorte que le fils de l’homme est seigneur aussi du sabbat.
German
Elberfelder 1871		also ist der Sohn des Menschen Herr auch des Sabbaths.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Itaque Dominus est Filius hominis, etiam sabbati.