Matthew 12 · Verse 8

Matthew 12:8

For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Matthew 12:8, King James Version

Matthew 12:8 in other translations

BSBFor the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
WEBFor the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
ASVFor the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
YLTfor the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'
DARBYFor the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.
BBEFor the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.
WebsterFor the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.

What does Matthew 12:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day--In what sense now is the Son of man Lord of the sabbath day? Not surely to abolish it--that surely were a strange lordship, especially just after saying that it was made or instituted for MAN--but to own it, to interpret it, to preside over it, and to ennoble it, by merging it in the "Lord's Day" (Re 1:10), breathing into it an air of liberty and love necessarily unknown before, and thus making it the nearest resemblance to the eternal sabbatism.

Mt 12:9-21. The Healing of a Withered Hand on the Sabbath Day and Retirement of Jesus to Avoid Danger. ( = Mr 3:1-12; Lu 6:6-11).

Healing of a Withered Hand (Mt 12:9-14).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 The Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath-day - The change of the Jewish into the Christian Sabbath, called the Lord's day, Rev 1:10, shows that Christ is not only the Lord, but also the truth and completion of it. For it seems to have been by an especial providence that this change has been made and acknowledged all over the Christian world.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 12:1-8

Being in the corn-fields, the disciples began to pluck the ears of corn: the law of God allowed it, De 23:25. This was slender provision for Christ and his disciples; but they were content with it. The Pharisees did not quarrel with them for taking another man's corn, but for doing it on the sabbath day. Christ came to free his followers, not only from the corruptions of the Pharisees, but from their unscriptural…

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Matthew 12:8 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.

κύριοςkurioslordG2962
γάρgarforG1063
ἐστινestinisG1510
τοῦtouof theG3588
σαββάτουsabbatouSabbathG4521
ὁhotheG3588
υἱὸςhuiosSonG5207
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ἀνθρώπου.¶anthrōpouof Man.G444

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

Cross references for Matthew 12:8

  • Luke 6:5

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

  • Mark 2:28

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

  • John 5:17-23

    But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. …

  • Mark 9:4-7

    And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

  • Matthew 9:6

    But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9:6; Mr 2:28; 9:4-7; Lu 6:5; Joh 5:17-23; 1Co 9:21; 16:2
Re 1:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Matthew 12:7

    But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

  • Matthew 12:8

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

  • Matthew 12:9

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

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Matthew 12:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque Señor es del sábado el Hijo del hombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car le fils de l’homme est seigneur du sabbat.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn der Sohn des Menschen ist Herr des Sabbaths.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		dominus enim est Filius hominis etiam sabbati.