耶穌是安息日的主 — 馬太福音讀經隨筆 第12章

馬太福音第十二章第1—14節，耶穌解釋了安息日的含義：耶穌是安息日的主。律法上的安息日隻是字句，是將來要人們安息在耶穌裏的預表。耶穌說安息日做善事是可以的，可是罪人是做不出神眼裏的善事來的，因此不允許罪人在安息日做事。信耶穌的人都是祭司，而祭司在安息日可以做事情，即使犯了安息日，還是沒有罪。
太12:5 再者、律法上所記的、當安息日、祭司在殿裏犯了安息日、還是沒有罪、你們沒有念過麽。
Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
太12:6 但我告訴你們、在這裏有一人比殿更大。
But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
太12:7 『我喜愛憐恤、不喜愛祭祀。』你們若明白這話的意思、就不將無罪的、當作有罪的了．
But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
太12:8 因為人子是安息日的主。
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
太12:11 耶穌說、你們中間誰有一隻羊、當安息日掉在坑裏、不把他抓住拉上來呢。
He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?
太12:12 人比羊何等貴重呢．所以在安息日作善事是可以的。
Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day."