They Were Looking at Him

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 spake 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 they could not answer him again to these things.-Luke 14:1-6***In the desert wilderness of Sinai, in the region of Mount Sinai, the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them, and the Lord God began giving Moses judgments, statutes and laws for the Israelites. When Moses was upon Mount Sinai with the Lord God for 40 days and nights, the Lord God gave Moses 2 stone tablets whereupon were written, with the finger of God, the Ten Commandments. Before Moses returned to his fellow Israelites below, the Lord God began giving Moses some laws about the Sabbath day. The Israelites were to remember the Sabbath, and not work on the Sabbath, and the servants and strangers among the Israelites were not to work on the Sabbath, and the animals that belonged to the Israelites were not to be put to work on the Sabbath. The Lord God commanded that the Israelites were not to covet a neighbor's donkey. If a donkey fell into an uncovered pit, the pit's owner was to pay money to the donkey's owner. If a thief stole a donkey and was caught with the donkey still alive, the thief was to give the owner 2 donkeys. If an owner put his donkey in someone else's care, and the donkey died, or was hurt or driven away without anyone witnessing anything, an oath of the Lord God was to be made between the owner and the entrusted person, with the matter being finished. If the donkey was stolen from the entrusted person, the person was to pay the owner. If the donkey was torn in pieces, the entrusted person was to take the evidence to the owner and no payment was required. If a person saw his enemy's donkey wandering around, the person was to return the donkey to its owner. If a hateful person's donkey was lying under its load, assistance was to be given. If a person saw a donkey wandering around, and the owner didn't live nearby or the owner was unknown, the person was to take the donkey home until the owner came looking for the donkey. If a donkey fell, assistance was to be given. During the 40th year of their journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, Moses recounted the judgments statutes and laws to the Israelites. When Moses went upon Mount Nebo, the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and 120-year-old Moses died and was divinely buried. Joshua, Moses' successor, was from the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his 2nd wife Rachel, their son Joseph and his wife Asenath, and Joseph and Asenath's 2nd born son Ephraim, whom Jacob proclaimed to be his own son. Joshua led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. Over 1,300 years after 110-year-old Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Judah was the 4th son born to Jacob and his 1st wife Leah. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi, the birth tribe of Moses. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. The Pharisees did not believe Jesus to be the Christ. After Jesus healed an Israelite man who had been born blind, there was a division among the Pharisees. When some of the Israelite leaders believed in Jesus, they did not confess their belief because of the Pharisees and the synagogue.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 26:1-27:12, Deuteronomy, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

Reference Information:

dropsy = hydropikos/hudropikos = edema, excessive accumulation of water in the body

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And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: And, behold, there was man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.-Matthew 12:9-10

And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.-Mark 3:1-2

And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.-Luke 6:6-7

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