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Mat_12:13-14. Ἀπεκατεστ .] just as he was stretching it out, and at the bidding of Jesus. For the double augment, see Winer, p. 69 f. [E. T. 84].
ὑγιής ] result of the ἀπεκατεστ . See Winer, pp. 491, 580 [E. T. 663, 779]; Lübcker, grammat. Stud. p. 33 f.; Pflugk, ad. Hec. 690. Mark’s version of the incident is more animated, fresher, and more original (Keim’s opinion is different), and likewise free from the amplification contained in what is said about the animal falling into the well. This saying is introduced by Luke in another form, and in connection with a different incident (Luk_14:5), which, however, would not justify us in holding, with Strauss, that the different narratives are only different settings for the saying in question, while supposing at the same time that there is even an allusion here to 1Ki_13:4; 1Ki_13:6. According to the Evang. s. Hebr. (Hilgenfeld, N. T. extra can. IV. 16, 23), the man with the withered hand was a mason, who begged to be healed, that he might not be under the necessity of begging.
ἐξελθόντες ] from the synagogue, Mat_12:9.
σνμβούλ . ἔλαβ . κατ . αὐτ ., ὅπως ] they devised measures for the purpose of crushing Him (see on Mat_22:15); the opposition to Him had now assumed this very decided character.