Mark 2:25

25 καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς · Οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε τί ἐποίησεν Δαυὶδ ὅτε χρείαν ἔσχεν καὶ ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ;

Mark 2:25 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 2:25

And he said unto them
By way of answer to their question, and which was a full one, and enough to silence them:

have ye never read what David did;
referring to the history in ( 1 Samuel 21:1-15 ) .

when he had need:
of bread, was in great necessity, and in the utmost distress:

and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him?
which was a justifiable reason for what he and his company did; as it was for the action of the disciples; being in a like case, and therefore very appropriate to the purpose; (See Gill on Matthew 12:3).

Mark 2:25 In-Context

23 Καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς σάββασιν παραπορεύεσθαι ⸃ διὰ τῶν σπορίμων, καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἤρξαντο ⸃ ὁδὸν ποιεῖν τίλλοντες τοὺς στάχυας.

24 καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἔλεγον αὐτῷ · Ἴδε τί ποιοῦσιν τοῖς σάββασιν ὃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν;

25 καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς · Οὐδέποτε ἀνέγνωτε τί ἐποίησεν Δαυὶδ ὅτε χρείαν ἔσχεν καὶ ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ;

26 πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ Ἀβιαθὰρ ἀρχιερέως καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγεν, οὓς οὐκ ἔξεστιν φαγεῖν εἰ μὴ τοὺς ἱερεῖς, καὶ ἔδωκεν καὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ οὖσιν;

27 καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς · Τὸ σάββατον διὰ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐγένετο καὶ οὐχ ὁ ἄνθρωπος διὰ τὸ σάββατον ·