Healing a man with dropsy
Healing a man with
According to the Gospel, one
Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law:
- "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?"
But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him on his way.
Then he asked them:
- "If one of you has a child[3] or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull it out?"
And they had nothing to say.
Commentary
Cornelius a Lapide comments on the mystical significance of the animals, writing, "that the ox and the donkey represent the wise and the foolish," which are "the Jew oppressed by the burden of the Law" (the ox) and "the Gentile not subject to reason." (the donkey/child) In both cases the Lord rescues them from the pit of concupiscence.
Commenting on the offended, speechless Pharisee, Theophylact of Ohrid writes, “Care nought, for the offence given to the Pharisees.” For when a great good is the result, we should not care if the foolish are offended.[4]
See also
- Life of Jesus in the New Testament
- Ministry of Jesus
- Miracles of Jesus
- Parables of Jesus
- Pikuach nefesh
References
- ISBN 0781438683page 245
- ^ Biblegateway Luke 14:1-6, biblegateway.com
- ^ some manuscripts have donkey
- ^ Lapide, Cornelius (1889). The great commentary of Cornelius à Lapide. Translated by Thomas Wimberly Mossman. London.
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