Luke 6:5 (LSB)

Passage

And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Nearby Context

Luke 6:3 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,

Luke 6:4 how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”

Luke 6:5 And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Luke 6:6 Now it happened that on another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.

Luke 6:7 And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He heals on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saying", "lord", and "sabbath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saying" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "how he entered the house of God..." into verse 6's "Now it happened that on another Sabbath...", so "saying" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saying" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.