Matthew 12:2

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

When ye pharises sawe that they sayde vnto him: Beholde thy disciples do that which is not lawfull to do apon ye saboth daye.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι ἰδόντες, εἶπον αὐτῷ, Ἰδού, οἱ μαθηταί σου ποιοῦσιν ὃ οὐκ ἔξεστιν ποιεῖν ἐν σαββάτῳ.

Transliteration

The de Pharisaioi idontes, eipon to him, Idou, the mathētai of you poiousin which not exestin poiein on sabbatō.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
• *Pharisaioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - Pharisees
• *idontes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having seen/observing
• *eipon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - said/spoke
• *Idou*: aorist middle imperative, 2nd person singular - behold/look/see
• *mathētai*: nominative, masculine, plural - disciples/students
• *poiousin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - do/are doing
• *exestin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular, impersonal - it is lawful/permitted
• *poiein*: present active infinitive - to do
• *sabbatō*: dative, neuter, singular - sabbath

Word Meanings

• *idontes*: having seen/when they saw/observing
• *eipon*: said/told/spoke
• *Idou*: behold/look/see here
• *poiousin*: are doing/practice/perform
• *exestin*: is lawful/is permitted/is allowed
• *sabbatō*: sabbath/sabbath day

Referenced Verses

• Matt 12:10 : 10 and beholde ther was a man whiche had his hande dryed vp. And they axed him sayinge: ys it lawfull to heale apon ye saboth dayes? because they myght acuse him.
• Exod 20:9-9 : 9 Sixe dayes mayst thou laboure ad do al that thou hast to doo: 10 but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the Lorde thy God, in it thou shalt do no maner worke: nether thou nor thy sonne, nor thy doughter, nether thy manservaunte nor thy maydeservaunte, nether thy catell nether yet the straunger that is within thi gates 11 For in sixe dayes the Lorde made both heauen and erth and the see and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye: wherfore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath daye and halowed it.
• Luke 14:3 : 3 And Iesus answered and spake vnto the lawears and pharises sayinge: is it laufull to heale on the saboth daye?
• Luke 23:56 : 56 And they returned and prepared odoures and oyntmetes: but rested the Saboth daye accordynge to the commaundement.
• John 5:9-9 : 9 And immediatly the man was made whole and toke vp his beed and went. And the same daye was the Saboth daye. 10 The Iewes therfore sayde vnto him that was made whole. It is ye Saboth daye it is not laufull for the to cary thy beed. 11 He answered them: he that made me whole sayde vnto me: take vp thy beed and get the hence.
• John 5:16-17 : 16 And therfore the Iewes dyd persecute Iesus and sought the meanes to slee him because he had done these thinges on the Saboth daye. 17 And Iesus answered them: my father worketh hidder to and I worke.
• John 7:21-24 : 21 Iesus answered and sayde to them: I have done one worke and ye all marvayle. 22 Moses therfore gave vnto you circumcision: not because it is of Moses but of the fathers. And yet ye on the Saboth daye circumcise a man. 23 If a man on the Saboth daye receave circumcision without breakinge of the lawe of Moses: disdayne ye at me because I have made a man every whit whoale on the saboth daye? 24 Iudge not after the vtter aperaunce: but iudge rightewes iudgement.
• John 9:14-16 : 14 for it was the Saboth daye when Iesus made the claye and opened his eyes. 15 Then agayne the pharises also axed him how he had receaved his syght. He sayde vnto the: He put claye apon myne eyes and I wasshed and do se. 16 Then sayde some of the pharises: this man is not of God because he kepeth not the saboth daye. Other sayde: how can a man yt is a synner do suche myracles? And ther was stryfe amonge the.
• Exod 23:12 : 12 Sixe dayes thou shalt do thi worke ad the seuenth daye thou shalt kepe holie daye, that thyne oxe and thine asse maye rest ad the sonne of thi mayde and the straunger maye be refresshed.
• Exod 31:15-17 : 15 Sixe dayes shall men worke, but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the holye reste of the Lorde: so that whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath daye, shal dye for it. 16 wherfore let the childern of Israel kepe the Sabbath, that they obserue it thorowe out their generacions, that it be an appoyntement for euer. 17 For it shalbe a sygne betwene me, and the childern of Israel for euer. For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and erth, and the seuenth daye he rested and was refresshed.
• Exod 35:2 : 2 Sixe dayes ye shall worke, but the seuenth daye shalbe vnto you the holy Sabbath of the Lordes rest: so that whosoeuer doth any worke there in, shall dye.
• Num 15:32-36 : 32 And whyle the childern of Ysrael were in the wildernesse they founde a man gatherynge stickes vppon the Sabath daye. 33 And they yt founde him gatherynge stickes broughte him vnto Moses and Aaron and vnto all ye congregacion: 34 ad they put him in warde for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him. 35 And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses: ye ma shall dye. let all the multitude stone him with stones without the hoste. 36 And all ye multitude broughte him without the hoste ad stoned him with stones and he dyed as the Lorde commaunded Moses.
• Mark 3:2-5 : 2 And they watched him to se whether he wolde heale him on the Saboth daye yt they might accuse him. 3 And he sayde vnto ye man which had ye wyddred honde: arise and stonde in ye middes. 4 And he sayd to them: whether is it laufull to do a good dede on ye Saboth dayes or an evyll? to save life or kyll? But they helde their peace. 5 And he loked round aboute on them angerly mournyge on the blindnes of their hertes and sayde to the man: stretch forth thyne honde. And he stretched it oute. And his honde was restored even as whole as the other.
• Luke 6:6-9 : 6 And it fortuned in a nother saboth also that he entred in to ye sinagoge and taught. And ther was a ma whose right honde was dryed vp. 7 And ye Scribes and Pharises watched him to se whether he wolde heale on the Saboth daye that they myght fynde an accusacion agaynst him. 8 But he knewe their thoughtes and sayde to the man which had ye wyddred honde: Ryse vp and stonde forthe in the myddes. And he arose and stepped forthe. 9 Then sayde Iesus vnto them: I will axe you a question: Whether is it laufull on the saboth dayes to do good or to do evill? to save lyfe or for to destroye it? 10 And he behelde them all in copasse and sayd vnto ye man: Stretche forth thy honde. And he dyd so and his honde was restored and made as whoole as the other. 11 And they were filled full of madnes and comuned one with another what they myght do to Iesu.
• Luke 13:10-17 : 10 And he taught in one of their sinagoges on ye saboth dayes. 11 And beholde ther was a woma which had a sprete of infirmite.xviii. yeares: and was bowed to gether and coulde not lifte vp hersilfe at all. 12 When Iesus sawe her he called her to him and sayde to her: woman thou arte delyvered from thy disease. 13 And he layde his hondes on her and immediatly she was made strayght and glorified God. 14 And the ruler of the sinagoge answered with indignacion (be cause that Iesus had healed on the saboth daye) and sayde vnto the people. Ther are sixe dayes in which men ought to worke: in them come and be healed and not on the saboth daye. 15 Then answered him the Lorde and sayd: Ypocrite doth not eache one of you on the saboth daye lowse his oxe or his asse from the stall and leade him to the water? 16 And ought not this doughter of Abraham whom Sathan hath bounde loo.xviii. yeares be lowsed from this bonde on the saboth daye? 17 And when he thus sayde all his adversaries were ashamed and all the people reioysed on all the excellent dedes that were done by him.