{{Short description|Miracle carried out by Jesus according to the Bible}} [[File:Christ heals tne man with paralysed hand.jpg|thumb|200px|Christ healing the man with a withered hand, [[Byzantine art|Byzantine]] mosaic]] Jesus '''heals a man with a withered hand''' on the [[Sabbath]] in one of his [[miracles of Jesus in the Gospels|miracles recounted in the Gospels]], namely in [[Matthew 12:9]]-[[Matthew 12:13|13]], [[Mark 3#Healing on the Sabbath|Mark 3:1-6]], and [[Luke 6#The healing on the Sabbath|Luke 6:6-11]].{{sfn|Evans|2003|pp=240-241}}<ref>{{bibleref2|Mark|3:1-6|NIV}}</ref><ref name=lk>{{bibleref2|Luke|6:6-11|NIV}}</ref><ref>{{bibleref2|Matthew| 12:9-13 |NIV}}</ref>
==Biblical accounts== On a Sabbath, in Luke, "another Sabbath",<ref name=lk /> when Jesus went into the [[synagogue]], the [[Pharisees]] and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse him, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath and (in [[Matthew's Gospel]]) they asked him: "Is it [[Mosaic law|lawful]] to heal on the Sabbath?" In [[Mark's Gospel|Mark]] and [[Luke's Gospel|Luke]] it is Jesus who asks whether it is lawful to heal on the Sabbath. By way of reply in the Gospel of Matthew, appealing to "the [[Humanity (virtue)|human sentiment]] of his hearers",<ref>Allison, D., ''56. Matthew'', in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), [https://b-ok.org/dl/946961/8f5f43 The Oxford Bible Commentary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122193211/http://b-ok.org/dl/946961/8f5f43 |date=2017-11-22 }}, p. 860</ref>
<blockquote> He said to them, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. </blockquote>
According to Mark's account, the Pharisees then went out and began to plot with the [[Herodians]], their "natural enemies",{{sfn|Wright|2001|p=31}} how they might kill Jesus.<ref>{{bibleref2|Mark|3:6|NKJV}}</ref>
==Tradition== [[File:Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib - Jesus Heals the Man with a Withered Hand - Walters W59231B - Full Page (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Jesus Heals the Man with a Withered Hand by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib (1684)]] According to St. [[Jerome]], in the Gospel which the [[Nazarene (sect)|Nazareni]] and [[Ebionites]] use, which was written in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and according to Jerome was thought by many to be the original text of the [[Gospel of Matthew]], the man with the withered hand, was a [[Stonemasonry|mason]].{{quote|And he besought Jesus saying, "I was a mason, gaining my livelihood by my hands: I beseech Thee, O Jesus, that Thou wouldst restore me to soundness, that I may not shamefully beg my bread."<ref name=lapide>{{cite book|title=The Great Biblical Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide|url=http://www.catholicapologetics.info/scripture/newtestament/Lapide.htm|author-link=Cornelius a Lapide|first=Cornelius|last=Lapide|translator=Thomas Wimberly Mossman|year=1889|location=London}}</ref>}}
==Commentary== Archbishop [[John McEvilly]] notes that in the question of Jesus, He implies that "to omit saving our brethren, when in great danger, is the same as destroying them; that such omission was doing evil." They could not answer him (Mark 3:4) because "it could not be denied that it was lawful to do good, and also that it was lawful, 'to save life{{'"}}.<ref>{{cite book|title=An Exposition of the Gospels|url=https://www.ecatholic2000.com/macevilly2/untitled-112.shtml|author-link=John McEvilly|first=Rev. John|last=MacEvilly|year=1898|publisher=Benziger Brothers|location=New York}}</ref>
[[Venerable Bede]] gives an [[allegory|allegorical]] commentary on the miracle writing, "Adam plucking the forbidden fruit, dried up the hand of the human race, that is, he deprived man of the power to be fruitful in good works. Christ, however, restored that power by stretching forth His hands on the cross."<ref name=lapide />
==Arts== This miracle is the subject of the spoken sermon portion of composer [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]' 1973 work, "[[Christian Zeal and Activity]]".
==In Media== *In the 2019-present [[Angel Studios]] TV series, ''[[The Chosen (TV series)|The Chosen]]'', Season 2 episode 6, ''Unlawful'', this scene is quoted and portrayed accurately from the Bible's New Testament, with [[Jonathan Roumie]] providing the portrayal of [[Jesus]].
==See also== {{Wikiquote}} * [[Life of Jesus in the New Testament]] * [[Ministry of Jesus]] * [[Miracles of Jesus]] * [[Parables of Jesus]]
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===Sources=== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Craig A. |title=The Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: Matthew-Luke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iZC-tdB35bAC&pg=PA240|year=2003|publisher=David C Cook|isbn=978-0-7814-3868-1}} *{{cite book|author-link=N. T. Wright|last=Wright|first= Tom|date=2001|title=Mark for Everyone|publisher=[[SPCK]]|location=London|isbn=9781611640373|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuc7RL28AdMC&pg=PA31}} {{refend}}
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