The Meaning of Luke 6:5 Explained

Luke 6:5

KJV: And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

YLT: and he said to them, -- 'The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'

Darby: And he said to them, The Son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.

ASV: And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Luke 6:5?

MEANING: What does Luke 6:5 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Luke 6:5 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Luke 6:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  he said  unto them,  That  the Son  of man  is  Lord  also  of the sabbath. 

What does Luke 6:5 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Jesus" second point was that the Son of Man (cf. Luke 5:24), because of who He Isaiah , has the right to violate the Sabbath. Jesus was not violating the Sabbath by doing what He did, but He had the right to do so. This was another claim to divine authority, an emphasis that we have seen running through this part of Luke"s Gospel. God is greater than the laws He has imposed, and He can change them when He chooses to do so.
"David did not allow cultic regulations to stand in the way of fulfilling his divine calling of becoming king of Israel. Jesus has a similar mission which makes him "Lord of the Sabbath," one who is authorized to decide when Sabbath regulations must be set aside to fulfill a greater divine purpose." [1]
This incident elevates the readers" appreciation of Jesus" authority to new heights in Luke.

Context Summary

Luke 6:1-11 - The Right Use Of The Sabbath
It was a brave and bold step for Jesus to set Himself against the ritualistic proscriptions of the ruling religious party of His age. How many who had hoped that He would redeem Israel, must have been hurt by what seemed to be ruthless iconoclasm. But there was no hope of the holy thoughts of God ever emerging from the mass of hide-bound rules and regulations with which the Pharisees had covered them, unless the frost of literalism was broken up with a strong hand. Christ was not destroying religion, but freeing it from the formalist. Reality, reality! Be true and real!
The grave question today is, whether, in our revolt from Puritan strictness in observing Sunday, we have not gone to the other extreme. The Church of God will have to stand for God's day, not only for God's sake, but for the sake of the masses, who are menaced by a seven-days' working week. The Sabbath was made for man; he needs it. If God made it for him, let God's children preserve it. [source]

Chapter Summary: Luke 6

1  Jesus reproves the Pharisees;
12  chooses apostles;
17  heals the diseased;
20  preaches to his disciples before the people: the beattitudes;
27  Love your Enemy
37  Do not Judge
43  A Tree and Its Fruit
46  The House on the Rock

Greek Commentary for Luke 6:5

Lord of the Sabbath []
See on sa40" translation="">Matthew 12:6.sa40 [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 6:5

Mark 2:28 Even of the sabbath [και του σαββατου]
Mark, Matthew (Matthew 12:8), and Luke (Luke 6:5) all give this as a climax in the five reasons given by Christ on the occasion for the conduct of the disciples, but Mark has the little word “even” (και — kai) not in the others, showing that Jesus knew that he was making a great claim as the Son of Man, the Representative Man, the Messiah looked at from his human interest, to lordship (κυριος — kurios) even of the sabbath. He was not the slave of the sabbath, but the master of it. “Even of the sabbath, so invaluable in your eyes. Lord, not to abolish, but to interpret and keep in its own place, and give it a new name” (Bruce). [source]
Luke 6:4 Did take [λαβων]
Second aorist active participle of λαμβανω — lambanō Not in Mark and Matthew. See notes on Matthew 12:1-8 and notes on Mark 2:23-28 for discussion of details about the shewbread and the five arguments in defence of his conduct on the sabbath (example of David, work of the priests on the sabbath, prophecy of Hosea 6:6, purpose of the sabbath for man, the Son of Man lord of the sabbath). It was an overwhelming and crushing reply to these pettifogging ceremonialists to which they could not reply, but which increased their anger. Codex D transfers Luke 6:5 to after Luke 6:10 and puts here the following: “On the same day beholding one working on the sabbath he said to him: Man, if you know what you are doing, happy are you; but if you do not know, cursed are you and a transgressor of the law.” [source]

What do the individual words in Luke 6:5 mean?

And He was saying to them Lord is of the Sabbath the Son - of Man
καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς Κύριός ἐστιν τοῦ σαββάτου ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου

ἔλεγεν  He  was  saying 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
αὐτοῖς  to  them 
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Root: αὐτός  
Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself.
Κύριός  Lord 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: κύριος  
Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord.
τοῦ  of  the 
Parse: Article, Genitive Neuter Singular
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
σαββάτου  Sabbath 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular
Root: σάββατον  
Sense: the seventh day of each week which was a sacred festival on which the Israelites were required to abstain from all work.
Υἱὸς  Son 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: υἱός  
Sense: a son.
τοῦ  - 
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἀνθρώπου  of  Man 
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: ἄνθρωπος  
Sense: a human being, whether male or female.

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