Luke 6:4

4 how he entered into the house of God and took the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests alone), [and] ate [it] and gave [it] to those with him?"

Luke 6:4 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:4

(See Gill on Luke 6:3)

Luke 6:4 In-Context

2 But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?

3 And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Have you not read this, what David did when he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

4 how he entered into the house of God and took the bread of the presentation, which it is not permitted to eat (except the priests alone), [and] ate [it] and gave [it] to those with him?"

5 And he said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

6 Now it happened that on another Sabbath he entered into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there, and his right hand was withered.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("took") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [c]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation