Shabbat (sources)

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This page includes ancient sources dealing with the Jewish feast of Shabbat.

Early Christian sources

Gospel of Mark

Mark.1.21 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching.

Mark.2.23 One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.

Mark.2.24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

Mark.2.27 And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Mark.2.28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

Mark.3.2 And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.

Mark.3.4 And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.

Mark.6.2 And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands?

Mark.15.42 And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Mark.16.1 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

Gospel of Matthew

Matt.12.1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

Matt.12.2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

Matt.12.5 Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?

Matt.12.8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

Matt.12.10 And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse him.

Matt.12.11 He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

Matt.12.12 Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

Matt.24.20 Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.

Matt.28.1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

Gospel of Luke

Luke.4.16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.

Luke.4.31 And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath,

Luke.6.1 On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.

Luke.6.2 But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”

Luke.6.5 And he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

Luke.6.6 On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.

Luke.6.7 And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.

Luke.6.9 And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?”

Luke.13.10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

Luke.13.14 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

Luke.13.15 Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?

Luke.13.16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

Luke.14.1 One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.

Luke.14.3 And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”

Luke.14.5 And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”

Luke.23.54 It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.

Luke.23.56 Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments.On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Gospel of John

John.5.9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.

John.5.10 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.”

John.5.16 And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

John.5.18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

John.7.22 Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

John.7.23 If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well?

John.9.14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

John.9.16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.

John.19.31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.

Acts of Apostles

Acts.1.12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

Acts.13.14 but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

Acts.13.27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

Acts.13.42 As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath.

Acts.13.44 The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

Acts.15.21 For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.”

Acts.16.13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.

Acts.17.2 And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Acts.18.4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

Colossians

Col.2.16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.

Hebrews

Heb.4.9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,