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In Mark 3:1-6, Jesus goes into a synagogue where there is a man with a shriveled hand and the Pharisees are watching to see if he will heal on the Sabbath. Jesus then
Then Jesus asked them, "Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they remained silent.
Mark 3:4 (NIV emphasis mine)
Presumably the phrase "to kill" alludes to the fact that they are about to go on the Sabbath plot to kill Jesus (v. 6), but why does Jesus frame his own activity as saving a life? The man has a shriveled hand, but he doesn’t seem in any kind of mortal danger. Is this just a hyperbole or is it somehow fitting in describing his action so?
