And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
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Theophilus of Antioch
AD 184
But by His question He exposes their folly. For while God blessed the sabbath, they forbade to dogood on the sabbath; but the day which does not admit the works of the good is accursed.
As though He said, If the law forbids to have mercy on the sabbath-day, haveno care of your son when in danger on the sabbath-day. But why speak I of a son, when you do not even neglect an ox if you see it in danger?
