Acts
Acts 1
Acts 1:12
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
This is the only passage of Scripture that uses the phrase "Sabbath day's journey". Israelites were permitted to travel 2,000 cubits on the Sabbath (Exodus 16: 29 and Numbers 35: 5), about 1.2 km. (3/4 mile), and the Mount of Olives was within this distance from Jerusalem (Acts 1: 12). 1
In Exodus and Numbers the distance was not fixed but later judicial ruling set the distance at 2,000 cubits.
Sabbath Fact List:
- The Sabbath day had a proscribed distance to limit traveling on the day. (Acts 1:12)
- After the resurrection of Messiah the disciples still kept within the boundaries proscribed for the Sabbath day's journey. (Acts 1:12)
Acts 13
Acts 13:14
But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
Sabbath Fact List:
- Paul and his companions went to synagogue on the Sabbath. (Acts 13:14)
Acts 13:27
"For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.
Sabbath Fact List:
- The words of the prophets are read every Sabbath. (Acts 13:27)
Acts 13:42
As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these things might be spoken to them the next Sabbath.
Sabbath Fact List:
- The people [men of Israel and G-d fearers (Acts 13:16)] begged Paul and Barnabas to speak again regarding the Messiah the next Sabbath. (Acts 13:42)
Acts 13:44
The next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of the Lord.
Sabbath Fact List:
- The Sabbath following Paul & Barnabas' first visit nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of the Lord. (Acts 13:44)
Acts 15
Acts 15:21
"For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
Sabbath Fact List:
- Moses (the Law) is read in the synagogues of believers every Sabbath. (Acts 15:21)
Acts 16
Acts 16:13
And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.
Sabbath Fact List:
- Paul, Luke, and their companions went to a riverside outside the gate of Philippi (Acts 16:11-12) on the Sabbath and began speaking to the women who had assembled. (Acts 16:13)
Acts 17
Acts 17:2-4
And according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ." And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and a number of the leading women.
Sabbath Fact List:
- Paul reasoned with the men of the synagogue at Thessalonica (Acts 17:1) for three Sabbaths and some of the Jews and a large number of G-d fearing Greeks and a number of the leading women were persuaded . (Acts 17:2-4)
Acts 18
Acts 18:4
And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
Sabbath Fact List:
- Paul reasoned in the synagogue at Corinth (Acts 18:4) trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks. (Acts 18:4)
Acts 20:7
Acts 20:7
On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.
Sabbath Fact List:
- The Sabbath is used as a reference point to describe the days of the week. (Acts 20:7)
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 16:2
On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come.
Sabbath Fact List:
- The Sabbath is used as a reference point to describe the days of the week. (1 Corinthians 16:2)
Colossians 2:16
Colossians 2:16
Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day—
Sabbath Fact List:
- No one is to act as a judge when a believer keeps a Sabbath day. (Colossians 2:16)
Hebrews 4
Hebrews 4:9
So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Sabbath Fact List:
- There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of G-d. (Hebrews 4:9)
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