Lest we be guilty of glancing over the day to day interactions in the gospel record as we would a foot note in a thesis paper, behold the eternal resonance of this exchange! When Jesus declares “The Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath” He is saying by Biblical contextual definition: “The Son of Man is Lord of the redemptive and assuring covenantal signature of God heralding through creation and holy oracle to otherwise restless man, the sovereign course and consummation of all history!”