Luke Chapter 14, Verse 3
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3: και αποκριθεις ο ιησους ειπεν προς τους νομικους και φαρισαιους λεγων ει εξεστιν τω σαββατω θεραπευειν
3: And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees,
saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
3: And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying:
Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
Jesus, answering. To answer, in the Scriptures, does not always
imply, as among us, that anything had been said before. It means often
merely to begin or to take up a subject, or, as here, to remark on the
case that was present.
Is it lawful, &c. He knew that they were watching him. If he healed the man at once, they would accuse him. He therefore proposed the question to them, and when it was asked, they could not say that it was not lawful.
