Luke 5:27-6:11
Good morning, RTB’ers!
Calling Levi/Matthew; clashes with the scribes and the Pharisees. The scribes and Pharisees speaking: “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”(5:30b); “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink.” (5:33); “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”(6:2); and Now the scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse Him. (6:7). Our first question in STS refers to the scribes and the Pharisees and their opposition to Jesus. It is interesting to put their objections together, seeing only their comments and behaviors and leaving out Jesus’ responses. I mentioned yesterday that the scribes and Pharisees had good reason to search Jesus out – they didn’t want the people to be following a false Messiah. But they go overboard with their challenges. BTW, God gave the Ten Commandments and other rules and regulations to the Israelites back in Exodus and Leviticus, but the scribes and Pharisees had their own interpretations of these various laws and imposed their interpretations on their followers.
In Luke 6:4 where Jesus speaks of David and his men eating the “bread of the Presence” (or “consecrated bread” in the NASB), He is referring back to an incident in I Samuel 21:1-6, where David is fleeing from Saul. Jesus acknowledges that the act of David and his men eating the consecrated bread was “not lawful”, yet they did it anyway and Jesus seems to side with them. How do you feel about that?
Blessings!