Matthew 12:1

MATTHEW CHAPTER 12 Verses 1-8. The account contained in these verses is also recorded in Mr 2:23-28; Lu 6:1-5. Verse 1. At that time. Lu 6:1 fixes the time more particularly. He says that it was the second Sabbath after the first. To understand this, it is proper to remark, that the Passover was observed during the month Abib, or Nisan, answering to the latter part of March, and the first of April. The feast was held seven days, commencing on the fourteenth day of the month, Ex 12:1-28; 23:15 on the second day of the paschal week. The law required that a sheaf of barley should be offered up, as the first fruits of the harvest, Le 23:10,11.