Mark 2:27–28
Jesus: the shabbat was made for people, not people for the shabbat
Study it word by word27And he was saying to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;
28so the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
In its context
25And he says to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and was hungry, he and those with him,
26how he entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the presentation, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave it also to those who were with him?”
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Its words in the original
- ἔλεγενelegen· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- σάββατονsabbaton· Sabbath
Sabbath: the seventh day, a day of rest set apart for God; also the week.
- ἄνθρωπονanthrōpon· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- ἐγένετοegeneto· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- ὥστεhōste· so that
So that, therefore.
- κύριόςkyrios· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- υἱὸςhuios· son, Son
Son. Also descendant: "son of David" means one of King David's family, and is a title of the promised Messiah.