Why did Jesus instruct a healed man to break the Sabbath?

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YLT. Youngs Literal Translation.

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Most sleeping mats in biblical times were rolled up made from animals skins or wool. Something easily carried in one hand.

Regardless, it was not a sin to carry his mat. Jesus would never command someone to sin and break God’s law.

 

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As Lord of the Sabbath, Jesus could say what was sin and what was not, it looks to me.

Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 18:18 - New King James Version

“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

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In Numbers 15:32-35 Moses did not immediately punish the man who was picking up sticks on the Sabbath,
he first inquired of God.

Why was the man picking up sticks on the Sabbath? God knew.
If it was out of pure rebellion, then the punishment is worthy.
And that is the context of the passage, intentional, defiant sin: Numbers 15:30-31.

And so we see that God is concerned about intentions, even when it comes to the Sabbath day.

Jesus was showing the Jews that their strictness was too much,
God is concerned about the heart and spirit of the Torah rather than the letter.

That is part of why Jesus healed on the Sabbath,
only someone perfectly right with God could do such healing, only the Son of God.