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and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. <a href="/nkjv/mark/2.htm">New King James Version</a> Now it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain. <a href="/nasb_/mark/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. <a href="/nasb/mark/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. <a href="/nasb77/mark/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And it came about that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. <a href="/lsb/mark/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. <a href="/amp/mark/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> One Sabbath He was walking along [with His disciples] through the grainfields, and as they went along, His disciples began picking the heads of grain. <a href="/csb/mark/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> On the Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make their way, picking some heads of grain. <a href="/hcsb/mark/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking some heads of grain. <a href="/asv/mark/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears. <a href="/cev/mark/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> One Sabbath Jesus and his disciples were walking through some wheat fields. His disciples were picking grains of wheat as they went along. <a href="/erv/mark/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the cornfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. <a href="/gwt/mark/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Once on a day of worship Jesus was going through the grainfields. As the disciples walked along, they began to pick the heads of grain. <a href="/gnt/mark/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> Jesus was walking through some wheat fields on a Sabbath. As his disciples walked along with him, they began to pick the heads of wheat. <a href="/isv/mark/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Jesus happened to be going through the grain fields on a Sabbath. As they made their way, his disciples began picking the heads of grain. <a href="/net/mark/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way. <a href="/nheb/mark/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And it happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain. <a href="/wbt/mark/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And it came to pass, that he went through the corn-fields on the sabbath; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. <a href="/wey/mark/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> One Sabbath He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/mark/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along. <a href="/web/mark/2.htm">World English Bible</a> He was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/mark/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it came to pass—He is going along on the Sabbaths through the grainfields—and His disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears, <a href="/blb/mark/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And it came to pass, He is passing through the grainfields on the Sabbaths, and His disciples began to make their way, plucking the heads of grain. <a href="/ylt/mark/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And it came to pass -- he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields -- and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears, <a href="/slt/mark/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it was he passed by through the standing corn in the sabbaths: and his disciples began to make the way, picking out the ears of corn.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/mark/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began to go forward, and to pluck the ears of corn. <a href="/cpdv/mark/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And again, while the Lord was walking through the ripe grain on the Sabbath, his disciples, as they advanced, began to separate the ears of grains. <a href="/nabre/mark/2.htm">New American Bible</a> As he was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain. <a href="/nrsvce/mark/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/mark/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And it happened that while Jesus was going through the wheat fields on the sabbath, his disciples walked and pulled up the ears of wheat. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/mark/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And so it was that when Yeshua went out on the Sabbath to a grain field, his disciples were walking and picking the ears of wheat.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/mark/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath day through the fields of grain: and his disciples began, as they went, to pull the ears of grain. <a href="/godbey/mark/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And it came to pass, that He was traveling through the corn-fields on the Sabbath-day; and His disciples began to make the journey plucking the ears. <a href="/haweis/mark/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And he was walking through the cornfields on the sabbath; and his disciples as they went on the road plucked the ears of corn. <a href="/mace/mark/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Another time, as he was going through the corn-fields on the sabbath-day, his disciples as they pass'd along began to pluck the ears of corn. <a href="/wey/mark/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> One Sabbath He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went. <a href="/worrell/mark/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And it came to pass that He was going on the sabbath through the grainfields; and His disciples began to make a way, plucking the heads of grain. <a href="/worsley/mark/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And as He was going thro' the corn-fields on the sabbath-day, his disciples began as they went along to pluck the ears of corn. <a href="/parallel/mark/2-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmwDTC71zvQ?start=567" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/mark/2.htm">The Lord of the Sabbath</a> 22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.” 23<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: egeneto (V-AIM-3S) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude."></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">One</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4521.htm" title="4521: sabbasin (N-DNP) -- The Sabbath, a week. ">Sabbath</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/3899.htm" title="3899: paraporeuesthai (V-PNM/P) -- To go past, pass by, pass along by. From para and poreuomai; to travel near.">was passing</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: dia (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">through</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4702.htm" title="4702: sporimōn (Adj-GNP) -- Sown; neut. plur: sown fields. From sporos; sown, i.e. a planted field.">grainfields,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3101.htm" title="3101: mathētai (N-NMP) -- A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil.">disciples</a> <a href="/greek/756.htm" title="756: ērxanto (V-AIM-3P) -- To begin. Middle voice of archo; to commence.">began</a> <a href="/greek/5089.htm" title="5089: tillontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To pluck, pluck off. Perhaps akin to the alternate of haireomai, and thus to suro; to pull off.">to pick</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4719.htm" title="4719: stachyas (N-AMP) -- A head of grain. From the base of histemi; a head of grain.">heads of grain</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiein (V-PNA) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">as they walked along.</a> <a href="/greek/3598.htm" title="3598: hodon (N-AFS) -- A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means."></a> 24So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/12-1.htm">Matthew 12:1-8</a> At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. / When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.” / Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ... <a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Luke 6:1-5</a> One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them. / But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” / Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ... <a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a> Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/5-12.htm">Deuteronomy 5:12-15</a> Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. ... <a href="/1_samuel/21-1.htm">1 Samuel 21:1-6</a> Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?” / “The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission on which I am sending you. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place. / Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.” ... <a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a> And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. / Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished. <a href="/exodus/16-23.htm">Exodus 16:23-30</a> He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’” / So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots. / “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field. ... <a href="/leviticus/24-5.htm">Leviticus 24:5-9</a> You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf, / and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD. / And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD. ... <a href="/numbers/28-9.htm">Numbers 28:9-10</a> On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering. / This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. <a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Isaiah 58:13-14</a> If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words, / then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. <a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Nehemiah 13:15-22</a> In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day. / Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem. / Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? ... <a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a> For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. <a href="/matthew/9-13.htm">Matthew 9:13</a> But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a> Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.that.<a href="/matthew/12-1.htm">Matthew 12:1-8</a> At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat… <a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Luke 6:1-5</a> And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands… to pluck.<a href="/deuteronomy/23-24.htm">Deuteronomy 23:24,25</a> When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/12-1.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Cornfields</a> <a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Corn-Fields</a> <a href="/mark/2-18.htm">Disciples</a> <a href="/matthew/28-14.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/matthew/19-29.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/matthew/25-26.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/matthew/12-1.htm">Grainfields</a> <a href="/matthew/9-38.htm">Grain-Fields</a> <a href="/mark/2-19.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/mark/1-16.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/mark/2-11.htm">Pick</a> <a href="/luke/14-7.htm">Picking</a> <a href="/matthew/18-9.htm">Pluck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/45-4.htm">Plucking</a> <a href="/mark/1-21.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/mark/2-9.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/mark/2-14.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/mark/1-16.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/mark/2-11.htm">Way</a> <a href="/matthew/13-30.htm">Wheat</a> <a href="/matthew/12-1.htm">Wheatfields</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/4-28.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Cornfields</a> <a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Corn-Fields</a> <a href="/mark/3-7.htm">Disciples</a> <a href="/mark/4-9.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/mark/5-14.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/mark/4-7.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/matthew/12-1.htm">Grainfields</a> <a href="/luke/10-2.htm">Grain-Fields</a> <a href="/mark/2-25.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/mark/7-31.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/mark/8-19.htm">Pick</a> <a href="/luke/14-7.htm">Picking</a> <a href="/mark/9-47.htm">Pluck</a> <a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Plucking</a> <a href="/mark/2-24.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/mark/5-42.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/mark/5-42.htm">Walked</a> <a href="/mark/5-42.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/mark/4-1.htm">Way</a> <a href="/luke/3-17.htm">Wheat</a> <a href="/luke/6-2.htm">Wheatfields</a><div class="vheading2">Mark 2</div>1. <a href="/mark/2-1.htm">Jesus followed by multitudes,</a> 3. <a href="/mark/2-3.htm">heals a paralytic;</a> 13. <a href="/mark/2-13.htm">calls Matthew;</a> 15. <a href="/mark/2-15.htm">eats with tax collectors and sinners;</a> 18. <a href="/mark/2-18.htm">excuses his disciples for not fasting;</a> 23. <a href="/mark/2-23.htm">and for picking the heads of grain on the Sabbath day.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/mark/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/mark/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/mark/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>One Sabbath The Sabbath is the seventh day of the week, a day of rest and worship as commanded in <a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a>. It was a sign of the covenant between God and Israel (<a href="/exodus/31-16.htm">Exodus 31:16-17</a>). By the time of Jesus, the Pharisees had added numerous regulations to the Sabbath, making it a burden rather than a blessing. Understanding the Sabbath's original intent is crucial for interpreting this passage.Jesus was passing through the grainfields This setting indicates a rural area, likely in Galilee, where agriculture was common. The grainfields would have been fields of wheat or barley, staple crops in ancient Israel. Jesus' movement through these fields symbolizes His ministry's itinerant nature, as He traveled to teach and heal.and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain According to <a href="/deuteronomy/23-25.htm">Deuteronomy 23:25</a>, it was permissible to pluck grain by hand from a neighbor's field to satisfy hunger, but not to use a sickle. The disciples' actions were lawful under Mosaic Law but were scrutinized by the Pharisees due to their interpretation of Sabbath laws.as they walked along This phrase suggests a casual, everyday activity, emphasizing the normalcy of the disciples' actions. It highlights the contrast between Jesus' understanding of the Sabbath and the Pharisees' legalistic approach. Walking was a common mode of travel, and the act of picking grain was a simple, necessary provision for sustenance.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> Central figure in the passage, demonstrating His authority over the Sabbath. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a> Followers of Jesus who are picking grain, highlighting their dependence on Him. 3. <a href="/topical/p/pharisees.htm">Pharisees</a> Religious leaders who later question Jesus about the Sabbath, emphasizing legalistic interpretations. 4. <a href="/topical/g/grainfields.htm">Grainfields</a> The setting of the event, symbolizing provision and sustenance. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sabbath.htm">Sabbath</a> A day of rest and worship, central to Jewish law and tradition.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_sabbath.htm">Understanding the Sabbath</a> The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. It is a gift for rest and reflection, not a burden. <a href="/topical/j/jesus'_authority.htm">Jesus' Authority</a> Jesus demonstrates His authority over religious traditions, emphasizing His divinity and the new covenant. <a href="/topical/l/legalism_vs._compassion.htm">Legalism vs. Compassion</a> The Pharisees' focus on legalism contrasts with Jesus' emphasis on compassion and human need. <a href="/topical/p/provision_and_trust.htm">Provision and Trust</a> The disciples' actions remind us of God's provision and our need to trust Him for our daily needs. <a href="/topical/s/scriptural_balance.htm">Scriptural Balance</a> Balancing adherence to God's commands with understanding their purpose and spirit is crucial for spiritual maturity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_mark_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Mark 2</a> <a href="/q/what's_holy_saturday's_significance.htm">What is the significance of Holy Saturday?</a> <a href="/q/did_jesus_violate_the_sabbath_law.htm">Did Jesus violate the Sabbath law?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_halakhah.htm">What is Halakhah?</a> <a href="/q/who_were_the_scribes_and_pharisees.htm">Who were the scribes and Pharisees?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/mark/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23-28) And it came to pass.--See Notes on <a href="/context/matthew/12-1.htm" title="At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.">Matthew 12:1-8</a>.As they went . . .--More literally, they began to make a path (or perhaps, to make their way), plucking the ears of corn.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/mark/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 23. - If there is a rapid sequence in this part of the narrative, the fasting referred to in the last verses may have taken place the day before. St. Luke (<a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Luke 6:1</a>) here adds to St. Mark's account the words, "and did eat, rubbing them [that is, the ears of corn] in their hands;" an incidental evidence of a simple life, that they did not here eat prepared food, but the simple grains of wheat, which they separated from the chaff by rubbing the ears of corn in their hands. This passage marks with some nicety the time of the year. The corn in that district would be ripening about May. It would, therefore, be not long after the Passover. The difficult expression in St. <a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Luke 6:1</a>, ἐν σαββάτῳ δευτεροπρώτῳ, and which is rendered in the Authorized Version "on the second sabbath after the first," is reduced by the Revisers of 1881 to the simple phrase (ἐν σαββάτῳ), "on a sabbath," there not being sufficient evidence to persuade them to retain the word δευτεροπρώτῳ. But other evidences seem to show that the incident occurred earlier than as recorded by St. Matthew. The Fathers are fond of spiritual applications of this rubbing of the ears of corn. Bede, in remarking upon the fact of the disciples plucking the ears of corn, and rubbing them until they get rid of the husks, and obtain the food itself, says that they do this who meditate upon the Holy Scriptures, and digest them, until they find in them the kernel, the quintessence of delight; and St. Augustine blames those who merely please themselves with the flowers of Holy Scripture, but do not rub out the grain by meditation, until they obtain the real nourishment of virtue. <a href="/commentaries/mark/2-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>One ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Sabbath σάββασιν (sabbasin) Noun - Dative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4521.htm">Strong's 4521: </a> The Sabbath, a week. [Jesus] αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. was going παραπορεύεσθαι (paraporeuesthai) Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive <a href="/greek/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> To go past, pass by, pass along by. From para and poreuomai; to travel near. through διὰ (dia) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. grainfields, σπορίμων (sporimōn) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4702.htm">Strong's 4702: </a> Sown; neut. plur: sown fields. From sporos; sown, i.e. a planted field. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. disciples μαθηταὶ (mathētai) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3101.htm">Strong's 3101: </a> A learner, disciple, pupil. From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil. began ἤρξαντο (ērxanto) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_756.htm">Strong's 756: </a> To begin. Middle voice of archo; to commence. to pick τίλλοντες (tillontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5089.htm">Strong's 5089: </a> To pluck, pluck off. Perhaps akin to the alternate of haireomai, and thus to suro; to pull off. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. heads of grain στάχυας (stachyas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4719.htm">Strong's 4719: </a> A head of grain. From the base of histemi; a head of grain. [as] they walked along. ποιεῖν (poiein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. 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