Luk 6:9 | RWP | e4.org | I ask you ( επερωτω υμας ). They had questions in their hearts about Jesus. He now asks in addition ( επ' ) an open question that brings the whole issue into the open. A life ( ψυχην ). So the Revised Version. The rabbis had a rule: Periculum vitae pellit sabbatum . But it had to be a Jew whose life was in peril on the sabbath. The words of Jesus cut to the quick. Or to destroy it ( η απολεσα ). On this very day these Pharisees were plotting to destroy Jesus (verse ).

‏ Luke 6:9

I ask you ( επερωτω υμας ). They had questions in their hearts about Jesus. He now asks in addition ( επ' ) an open question that brings the whole issue into the open.

A life ( ψυχην ). So the Revised Version. The rabbis had a rule: Periculum vitae pellit sabbatum. But it had to be a Jew whose life was in peril on the sabbath. The words of Jesus cut to the quick.

Or to destroy it ( η απολεσα ). On this very day these Pharisees were plotting to destroy Jesus (verse 7).