12 ' Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy , as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 'Six days you shall labor and do all your work , 14 but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God ; in it you shall not do any work , you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 ' You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt , and the Lord your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm ; therefore e the Lord your God commanded you to observe the sabbath day .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:6-22
(Read Deuteronomy 5:6-22)
There is some variation here from Luke 11. It is more necessary that we tie ourselves to the things, than to the words unalterably. The original reason for hallowing the sabbath, taken from God's resting from the work of creation on the seventh day, is not here mentioned. Though this ever remains in force, it is not the only reason. Here it is taken from Israel's deliverance out of Egypt; for that was typical of our redemption by Jesus Christ, in remembrance of which the Christian sabbath was to be observed. In the resurrection of Christ we were brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God, with a mighty hand, and an outstretched arm. How sweet is it to a soul truly distressed under the terrors of a broken law, to hear the mild and soul-reviving language of the gospel!