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Jesus looked around at everyone there, and you could see he was angry, but it was the kind of angry you get when people you care about are being stubborn and missing the point. His heart was actually breaking for them. Then he turned to the man and said, 'Go ahead, stretch out your hand.' The guy did it, and instantly his hand was completely healed, just like his other one.
Sometimes love looks like anger when people we care about choose hardness over healing.
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King James Version · EnglishAnd when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.Ask the AI Assistant
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📚 Historical Context
In the time of Jesus, the Sabbath was a sacred day of rest as commanded in the Old Testament, but the religious leaders like the Pharisees had added many strict rules about what constituted work, making it a point of legalistic enforcement. When Jesus healed a man with a withered hand in the synagogue on the Sabbath, the Pharisees were watching closely, hoping to accuse him of breaking their traditions, which highlighted the conflict between compassion and rigid observance. This event underscores Jesus' authority and his challenge to interpretations that prioritized human-made rules over human needs.