SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:25
Y l les dijo: ¿Nunca leisteis qu hizo David cuando tuvo necesidad, y tuvo hambre, l y los que estaban con l;
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 25. And he said unto them , etc..] By way of answer to their question, and which was a full one, and enough to silence them: have ye never read what David did ; referring to the history in ( <092101> Samuel 21:1-15). when he had need : of bread, was in great necessity, and in the utmost distress: and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him ? which was a justifiable reason for what he and his company did; as it was for the action of the disciples; being in a like case, and therefore very appropriate to the purpose; (see Gill on Matthew 12:3).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 23-28 - The sabbath is a sacred and Divine institution; a privilege an benefit, not a task and drudgery. God never designed it to be a burde to us, therefore we must not make it so to ourselves. The sabbath wa instituted for the good of mankind, as living in society, having man wants and troubles, preparing for a state of happiness or misery. Ma was not made for the sabbath, as if his keeping it could be of servic to God, nor was he commanded to keep it outward observances to his rea hurt. Every observance respecting it, is to be interpreted by the rul of mercy __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ αυτος 846 P-NSM ελεγεν 3004 5707 V-IAI-3S αυτοις 846 P-DPM ουδεποτε 3763 ADV ανεγνωτε 314 5627 V-2AAI-2P τι 5101 I-ASN εποιησεν 4160 5656 V-AAI-3S δαβιδ 1138 N-PRI οτε 3753 ADV χρειαν 5532 N-ASF εσχεν 2192 5627 V-2AAI-3S και 2532 CONJ επεινασεν 3983 5656 V-AAI-3S αυτος 846 P-NSM και 2532 CONJ οι 3588 T-NPM μετ 3326 PREP αυτου 846 P-GSM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
25. Had need. Mark adds this to the was an hungered, which is in both Matthew and Luke. The analogy lay in the necessity. The had need is generic; the was hungry is specific, describing the peculiar character of the need.
