Mark 2:28

28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

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Mark 2:28 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."

NLT

28 So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”

MSG

28 The Son of Man is no lackey to the Sabbath. He's in charge!"

CSB

28 Therefore the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

Mark 2:28 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 2:28

Therefore the son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
] Meaning himself, who had a power not only to dispense with it, but to abrogate it as he did, with the rest of the rituals of the ceremonial law; (See Gill on Matthew 12:8). So that it did not become them to find fault with what his disciples did, with his leave and approbation.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Mark 2:28 In-Context

26 In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”

27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”