Luke
By Joyce Webb 2019
Chapter 6 Vs. 1-12
Vs. 1, 2 It was a Sabbath day—the 7th day of the week—the day that the Jewish people keep as their holy day—-like we do Sunday.
Jesus and his disciples were walking through a cornfield as they were traveling. They were hungry—so the took some of the ears of corn—rubbed off some of the kernels and ate them.
Some of the Jewish leaders saw them. They said they were breaking the Jewish laws about working on the Sabbath because they were breaking off kernels of corn. They said that was “work”.
Many of the Jewish “laws” were not the laws God gave Moses—but they were “rules” or “laws” that the Jewish leaders made up—then said the people had to obey them.
Vs. 3,4 Jesus said—remember the Old Testament telling about King David when he and his army men were hungry—they ate the bread that was in the Tabernacle church that was for the priests.
They were not to eat that bread —-as it was for the priests only.
Vs. 5 Then he said to them—the Son of Man—he, Jesus—was the Lord or Ruler over the Sabbath.
I do not think the Jewish leaders liked that saying.
Vs. 6. Another time —on the Sabbath—Jesus was in the temple and he was teaching. A man was there who had a crippled hand.
The Jewish leaders were there and they were watching Jesus.
They wanted to see if Jesus would heal him—-because they would say that Jesus was “working” on the Sabbath—and breaking the law.
Jesus knew what they were thinking.
He asked the man to stand up.
The Jesus said to the Jewish leaders, is it allowed to do good on the Sabbath? Is it allowed to save a life?
Jesus looked around—then he said to the man—reach out your hand—when the man did—the crippled hand became healed.
Jesus did not “do” anything to the man. He did not touch him. He just spoke to him.
But the Jewish leaders were very angry, they talked among themselves to think of a way to blame Jesus for something so they could take him away.
Vs. 12 After this, Jesus went into the mountains to pray.
Jesus is God —-in a human body. Yet—he often gave many hours in prayer.
If Jesus—being God in a human body felt his need to pray—how much more we should feel a need to pray.