ONE SABBATH DAY AS JESUS WAS WAKING THROUGH SOME GRAINFIEDS HIS DISCIPLES BEGAN BREAKING OFF HEADS OF GRAIN TO EAT
Context: Mark has passed from a meal at Matthew's house, to an indefinite time and place of the offense given by Jesus's disciples not fasting, to know the outside. Fields, probably near Galilee, of wheat or barley. The time is not exact - we do not know which Sabbath Day, so this day represents Sabbath Days in general and is therefore, by its generalisation, a teaching point on the Law of Moses what it has become and how Jesus is challenging the Laws which had become burdensome and over strict.
We can imagine the rolling hillside by Galillee, and the 12 disciples presumably following Jesus. This shows that His ministry was itinerate , According to Bible Hub it was legal to eat while travelling, as walking was the usual way to travel and it was permitted to pick enough to eat but not to use a cythe.
It also shows the bounty of God, the fertility of the Promised Land and also can remind us of God's provision to Moses and the Israelites as they crossed the dessert when Mannah was provided.
The lush and fertile soil of the region can also be symbolic of the fertile Word of Jesus.
That Mark does not specify a particular day or a specific location, gives a timeless and universal sense to the verse and does not weigh the reader down with distracting detail.
Amen/
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