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The Pharisees were annoyed that the disciples were doing servile work on the Sabbath, even though the act itself was allowed by Deut. 23:25. Spiritually it is said that the disciples were rubbing the ears, purifying them from the outer husks to reach the grain, by meditating on the Scriptures until they found "the inner marrow of love".
Matthew 12:2. τι οι μαθηται σου (Why do your disciples) – it (c) syr s,c ιδου οι μαθηται σου (Look, your disciples) – rell. Matthew 12:2. εν σαββατω (on a Sabbath) — omitted by it ff 1,k syr s,c. Matthew 12:4. ελαβεν (he took) – 892* Ambrosiaster εφαγον (they ate) – א B 481 ...
Matthew 12 is the twelfth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. It continues the narrative about Jesus' ministry in Galilee and introduces controversy over the observance of the Sabbath for the first time.
Jerome: " In the Gospel which the Nazarenes and Ebionites use, and which we have lately translated into Greek out of the Hebrew, and which many regard as the genuine Matthew, this man who has the withered hand is described as a builder, and he makes his prayer in these words, ‘I was a builder, and gained my living by the labour of my hands; I ...
In Matthew's account, the verse starts with "at that time", denoting that the occasion is not time-specific. However, it was the Sabbath which by Exodus 35 :3 was to be kept free from work. The Greek word for the Sabbath day is plural (τοῖς σάββασι, tois sabbasi ) which is a Hebrew expression meaning "one of the Sabbaths".
He does not repeat their thoughts in His answer, not to divulge their wickedness; but He brings forward an answer; it was His object to do good to the sinners, not to proclaim their sin. He does not answer them out of the Scriptures, because they would not hearken to Him as they explained them differently, but He refutes them from common opinions.
The main points that are the object of controversy are the following: 1. The oldest version of a gospel in Hebrew language.Hebrew Matthew has been preserved in the book XII or XIII (according to the two recensions of the piece of religious controversy “The Touchstone” of Shem Tob Ibn Shaprut) [4] of the most significant manuscripts which have lasted to our times.
Chrysostom: " And that you may not be troubled at those things which are done, and at the incredible madness of the Pharisees, He introduces the Prophet’s words.For such was the carefulness of the Prophets, that they had not omitted even this, but had noted all His ways and movements, and the meaning with which He did this; that you might learn that He spoke all things by the Holy Spirit ...