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in the law. See note on Mat_5:17. Compare Num_28:9, Num_28:10 and App-143.
the sabbath. (Num_28:9, Num_28:10. Compare Neh_13:17. Eze_24:21. Joh_7:22, Joh_7:23.) There were more sacrifices on the sabbath than on any other day.
profane. Our Eng. word "profane" = far from the temple. The Greek word here = to trample down and thus treat as common. Compare Act_24:6.
blameless = guiltless, as in Mat_12:7. Greek. anaitios. Occurs only here and Mat_12:7.