Lukas 6:2

6:2 But some of the Pharisees ¹  said, “Why are you ²  doing what is against the law ³  on the Sabbath?”

Lukas 22:71

22:71 Then ⁴  they said, “Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves ⁵  from his own lips!” ⁶ 

[6:2]  ¹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.

[6:2]  ² tn Note that the verb is second person plural (with an understood plural pronominal subject in Greek). The charge is again indirectly made against Jesus by charging the disciples.

[6:2]  ³ sn The alleged violation expressed by the phrase what is against the law is performing work on the Sabbath. That the disciples ate from such a field is no problem given Deut 23:25, but Sabbath activity is another matter in the leaders’ view (Exod 20:8-11 and Mishnah, m. Shabbat 7.2). The supposed violation involved reaping, threshing, winnowing, and preparing food. This probably explains why the clause describing the disciples “rubbing” the heads of grain in their hands is mentioned last, in emphatic position. This was preparation of food.

[22:71]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[22:71]  ⁵ sn We have heard it ourselves. The Sanhedrin regarded the answer as convicting Jesus. They saw it as blasphemous to claim such intimacy and shared authority with God, a claim so serious and convicting that no further testimony was needed.

[22:71]  ⁶ tn Grk “from his own mouth” (an idiom).