And he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
These two passages of story we had both in Matthew and Mark, and they were there laid together (Mat 12:1; Mar 2:23; Mar 3:1), because, though happening at some distance of time from each other, both were designed to rectify the mistakes of the scribes and Pharisees concerning the sabbath day, on the bodily rest of which they laid greater stress and required greater strictness than the Law-giver intended.
Commenting on Luke 6:1-11
And it came to pass also on another sabbath,.... Whether the following sabbath, or some time after, is not certain, that he entered into the synagogue. The Arabic version reads, "into their synagogue", as in Mat 12:9 the synagogue of the Jews; in what place, whether at Capernaum, or some other city of Galilee, is not so clear: and taught; explained the Scriptures to the...
Verse 5. No entry from BARNES for this verse.