In 1 Samuel 17, we learn that David is actively engaged in the Lord’s holy war, and his victory in crushing the head of the serpent (Goliath) makes his name well known throughout Israel. We find this story in the book of 1 Samuel, which is where we’re first introduced to God’s anointed one, King David. So, let’s begin.įirst, if we want to understand the point that Jesus is making in His interaction with the Pharisees, it’s crucial we understand the story that He cites as a precedent for what He’s doing. Now, I’m not writing this article to criticize The Chosen, as mentioned above I actually think it’s a fairly good show and worth watching, rather I’m using this popular mischaracterization of Matthew 12:1-8 to offer what I think is the correct reading of the text. Contrary to popular misconceptions, our Lord seems to firmly believe that the Law is not to be disobeyed. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished” (Matthew 5:17-18). Just a few chapters earlier, Jesus made His view of Torah very clear: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. However, is that actually what Jesus was saying? I don’t think so. And indeed, if you search online for commentaries on this story, you’ll most likely find this interpretation in one form or another.
The implication being that it’s okay to violate the Law of God, as long as you have a good or “humanitarian” reason. In the show, after Jesus cites the story of David and his men eating the shewbread as a precedent for what He and the Apostles are doing, the Pharisees reply by saying something like, “shut up, that was an emergency,” and Jesus just smiles at them in (ironic) agreement.
Bread of presence full#
Although I generally enjoy this show, I noticed that it has a tendency to portray Jesus of Nazareth as someone who was radically opposed to following the Law, and this tendency was on full display in their portrayal of this scene. In this episode, they attempted to recreate the Gospel scene that’s been quoted above.
Bread of presence tv#
The other day I was watching episode six of The Chosen, which is a somewhat new show that creatively adapts the Gospel story to a full-length TV series. For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.” (Matthew 12:1-8) And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath.” He said to them, “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
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