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Mat 12:2. Ἰδοὺ, κ.τ.λ., behold, etc.) They mean to say, “The Master ought to be accountable for what the disciples do in His very presence.” Behold! They wish Him to issue an immediate prohibition.-ὁ οὐκ ἔξεστι, that which is not lawful) They do not put the matter doubtfully, and they are therefore rebuked severely in Mat 12:3; Mat 12:5; Mat 12:7. The proposition [may be put either affirmatively or negatively], “It is lawful,” or “It is not lawful.” A false reproof was more common at that time, than a true one is now.-ποιεῖν, to do) referring not to the eating, but the plucking.-ἐν σαββάτῳ, on a Sabbath) The subject of the Sabbath occupies great part of the Evangelic history.