King James Version
Mark 2:28 in the King James Version says “Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.” — study this verse from Mark chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.”
Mark 2:28 · KJV
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread , which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Therefore”
G5620so too, i.e., thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow)
“Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“the Son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“of the sabbath”
G4521the sabbath (i.e., shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight,
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