Mat 12:1 | RWP | e4.org | On the sabbath day through the cornfields ( τοις σαββασιν δια των σποριμων ). This paragraph begins exactly like "at that season" ( εν εκεινω τω καιρω ), a general statement with no clear idea of time. So also . The word καιρος means a definite and particular time, but we cannot fix it. The word "cornfields" does not mean our maize or Indian corn, but simply fields of grain (wheat or even barley).

‏ Matthew 12:1

On the sabbath day through the cornfields ( τοις σαββασιν δια των σποριμων ). This paragraph begins exactly like 11:25 "at that season" ( εν εκεινω τω καιρω ), a general statement with no clear idea of time. So also 14:1. The word καιρος means a definite and particular time, but we cannot fix it. The word "cornfields" does not mean our maize or Indian corn, but simply fields of grain (wheat or even barley).