The Lord of the Sabbath
Matthew 12:4
In 9 translations
- BSB
- He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.Or the Bread of the Presence
- KJV
- How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
- WEB
- how he entered into God’s house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
- ASV
- how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?
- LSV
- how he went into the house of God, and ate the Bread of the Presentation, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?
- YLT
- how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?
- DBY
- How he entered into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?Elohim
- DRC
- How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for them that were with him, but for the priests only?
- GNV
- Howe he entred into ye house of God, and did eate the shewe bread, which was not lawfull for him to eate, neither for them which were with him, but onely for the Priestes?
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- NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ἔφαγον (“they ate”); Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἔφαγεν (“he ate”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὃ (“that which”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read οὓς (“those which”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἔφαγον, ὃ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔφαγον, ὃ; Tregelles read ἔφαγεν, ὃ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἔφαγεν οὓς.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγον, ὃ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἦν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν οὐδὲ τοῖς μετʼ αὐτοῦ, εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν μόνοις;
- RP2018
- πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγεν, οὓς οὐκ ἐξὸν ἦν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν, οὐδὲ τοῖς μετ’ αὐτοῦ, εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν μόνοις;
- TR-Boyd
- πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγεν, οὓς οὐκ ἐξὸν ἦν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν, οὐδὲ τοῖς μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι μόνοις;
- SCR1894
- πως εισηλθεν εις τον οικον του θεου και τους αρτους της προθεσεως εφαγεν ους ουκ εξον ην αυτω φαγειν ουδε τοις μετ αυτου ει μη τοις ιερευσιν μονοις
Who and where
👤 God◆ Corn on the Sabbath
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SabbathShewbreadPhariseesFormTraditionEcclesiasticismShewbread, TheHouse of GodBreadShewbread (Showbread)
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Cross-references most cited first
- Leviticus 24:5–9You 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…
- Exodus 25:30And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
- Exodus 29:32–33At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket. They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and…
- Leviticus 8:31And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are…
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