Mark 2:27-28 And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:… It was "made for man," as man; as a thing necessary, suited, essential for him. Just as the atmosphere was made for man to breathe, just as the earth was made for him to cultivate, just as the seasons were made for him — just as these and such-like things were taken into account, when man was put upon the earth, as necessary to fit it for man's abode physically, so the Sabbath was made for man, as a necessary requisite for man morally — and that, when man was unfallen, a holy being, like unto the angels. And if indispensable for man's moral and spiritual health then, can it be less indispensable now? And in His mercy God spared it to us. It has survived the fall — a remnant of paradise lost, and the best help to paradise regained. (J. Cohen, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:WEB: He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. |
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