The beloved physician Luke wrote concerning Jesus, “And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spoke unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go. And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?”, and in chapter fourteen and verse six of his book Luke shared how, “they could not answer him again” where we read:
And they could not answer him again to these things.
The verse reads, “And they could not answer him again, ...” Luke began with the words, “And they could not” or “and the Pharisees within the chief Pharisee's home were unable and incapable to” “answer him again” which means “respond, contradict, reply and dispute another time”. Luke shared how the Pharisees within the “chief Pharisee's” home were unable to “respond” to Jesus' question.
The verse continues, “... to these things.” Luke added the words, “to these things” or “to Jesus' questions about whether it was lawful to heal on the sabbath day or whether they would set free their ox or donkey upon the Sabbath day”. Luke shared how the Pharisees were unable to answer Jesus' questions concerning “healing” and setting “animals” free on the “Sabbath day”.
When we meditate upon Luke's words in this verse, we learn how the Pharisees were incapable of answering Jesus' questions concerning the “Sabbath day” activities. God created the “Sabbath day” for mankind to rest from their labors, and rather than holding a strict rule concerning that day, people were to be willing to “give aid” to others. The Pharisees would have easily rescued one of their “animals” on the “Sabbath day”, but they were opposed to helping this man with “the dropsy”. God cares for everyone, and when they yield their lives to His Son Jesus as their personal “Savior and Lord”, they understand God's desire to help every person regardless of the day of the week.
Next time Luke shares how Jesus, “put forth a parable to those which were bidden”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
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