812 B
812 B
Jesus defends his disciples when the Pharisees criticize them for picking grain to satisfy their hunger on the Sabbath.
grainfields
a place to plant grain. If wheat is unknown and "grain" is too general, "fields of the plant they made bread from."
pluck heads of grain and eat them...do what is unlawful to do on the Sabbath
Plucking grain in others' fields and eating it was not considered stealing (see UDB). The question was whether one could do this otherwise lawful activity on the Sabbath.
them
the heads of grain
heads of grain
This is the topmost part of the wheat plant, which is a kind of large grass. It holds the mature grain or seeds of the plant.
See
Alternative translation: “Look” or “Listen” or “Pay attention to what I am about to tell you.”