And when he was departed thence
From the corn fields, where the disciples had plucked the ears of
corn, and this conversation passed between Christ and the
Pharisees about the violation of the sabbath, he went into their
synagogue; not on the same sabbath day, as one might be led to
conclude from the account of this evangelist, but on another
sabbath, as Luke expresses it, ( Luke 6:6 ) . He might
indeed directly go into one of their synagogues the same day,
where he and his disciples seem to have been going, and stay in
the city the week following; and then, as it is said in (
Mark 3:1 ) he
entered again into the synagogue; not being afraid of the
Pharisees, who sought an advantage against him; nor deterred by
them from doing good to men; and willing to take another
opportunity of exposing their ignorance and malice.
Matthew 12:9
