耶稣是安息日的主 — 马太福音读经随笔 第12章

马太福音第十二章第1—14节，耶稣解释了安息日的含义：耶稣是安息日的主。律法上的安息日只是字句，是将来要人们安息在耶稣里的预表。耶稣说安息日做善事是可以的，可是罪人是做不出神眼里的善事来的，因此不允许罪人在安息日做事。信耶稣的人都是祭司，而祭司在安息日可以做事情，即使犯了安息日，还是没有罪。
太12:5 再者、律法上所记的、当安息日、祭司在殿里犯了安息日、还是没有罪、你们没有念过么。
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 但我告诉你们、在这里有一人比殿更大。
But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
太12:7 『我喜爱怜恤、不喜爱祭祀。』你们若明白这话的意思、就不将无罪的、当作有罪的了．
But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
太12:8 因为人子是安息日的主。
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
太12:11 耶稣说、你们中间谁有一只羊、当安息日掉在坑里、不把他抓住拉上来呢。
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 人比羊何等贵重呢．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."