Sunday. 

Sun Worship.  Veneration of the sun or its representation as a deity. It appears in several early cultures, notably in ancient Egypt, Indo-Europe, and Mesoamerica, where urban civilizations were combined with a strong ideology of sacred kingship, in which kings ruled by the power of the sun and claimed descent from it. The imagery of the sun as the ruler of both the upper and the lower world, which he visits daily, was prominent. Sun heroes and deities also figure in many mythologies, including Indo-Iranian, Greco-Roman, and Scandinavian. In late Roman history, sun worship was of such importance that it was later called "solar monotheism." See also Amaterasu, Re, Shamash, Sol, Surya, Tonatiuh.

 

     It is in (Exodus 16:23-29) that we find the first incontrovertible institution of the day, as one given to and to be kept by the children of Israel. Shortly afterward it was re-enacted in the Fourth Commandment. This beneficent character of the Fourth Commandment is very apparent in the version of it which we find in Deuteronomy. ( 5:12-15) The law and the Sabbath are placed upon the same ground, and to give rights to classes that would otherwise have been without such--to the bondman and bondmaid may, to the beast of the field-is viewed here as their main end. "The stranger," too is comprehended in the benefit. But the original proclamation of it in Exodus places it on a ground which, closely connected no doubt with these others is yet higher and more comprehensive. The divine method of working and rest is there propose to work and to rest. Time then to man as the model after which presented a perfect whole it is most important to remember that the Fourth Commandment is not limited to a mere enactment respecting one day, but prescribes the due distribution of a week, and enforces the six days’ work as much as the seventh day’s rest. This higher ground of observance was felt to invest the Sabbath with a theological character, and rendered if the great witness for faith in a personal and creating God.

 

     It was to be a sacred pause in the ordinary labor which man earns his bread the curse the fall was to be suspended for one and, having spent that day in joyful remembrance of God’s mercies, man had a fresh start in his course of labor. A great snare, too, has always been hidden in the word work, as if the commandment forbade occupation and imposed idleness. The terms in the commandment show plainly enough the sort of work which is contemplated-servile work and business. The Pentateuch presents us with but three applications of the general principle -- (Exodus 16:29; 35:3; Numbers 15:32-36) The reference of Isaiah to the Sabbath gives us no details. The references in Jeremiah and Nehemiah show that carrying goods for sale, and buying such, were equally profanations of the day. A consideration of the spirit of the law and of Christ’s comments on it will show that it is work for worldly gain that was to be suspended; and hence the restrictive clause is prefaced with the restrictive command. "Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;" for so only could the sabbatic rest be fairly earned. Hence, too, the stress constantly laid on permitting the servant and beast of burden to share the rest which selfishness would grudge to them. Thus the spirit of the Sabbath was joy, refreshment and mercy, arising from remembrance of God’s goodness as Creator and as the Deliverer from bondage. The Sabbath was a perpetual sign and covenant, and the holiness of the day is collected with the holiness of the people; "that ye may know that I am Jehovah that doth sanctify you." (Exodus 31:12-17; Ezekiel 20:12) Joy was the key-note Of their service. Nehemiah commanded the people, on a day holy to Jehovah "Mourn not, nor weep: eat the fat, and drink: the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared." (Nehemiah 8:9-13)

 

     The Sabbath is named as a day of special worship in the sanctuary. (Leviticus 19:30; 26:2) It was proclaimed as a holy convocation. (Leviticus 23:3) In later times the worship of the sanctuary was enlivened by sacred music. (Psalms 68:25-27; 150:1)... etc. On this day the people were accustomed to consult their prophets, (2 Kings 4:23) and to give to their children that instruction in the truths recalled to memory by the day which is so repeatedly enjoined as the duty of parents; it was "the Sabbath of Jehovah" not only in the sanctuary, but "in all their dwellings." (Leviticus 23:3) When we come to the New Testament we find the most marked stress laid on the Sabbath. In whatever ways the Jew might err respecting it, he had altogether ceased to neglect it. On the contrary wherever he went its observance became the most visible badge of his nationality. Our Lord’s mode of observing the Sabbath was one of the main features of his life, which his Pharisaic adversaries meet eagerly watched and criticized. They had invented many prohibitions respecting the Sabbath of which we find nothing in the original institution. Some of these prohibitions were fantastic and arbitrary, in the number of those "heavy burdens and grievous to be borne" while the latter expounders of the law "laid on men’s shoulders." Comp. (Matthew 12:1-13; John 5:10) That this perversion of the Sabbath had become very general in our Saviour’s time is apparent both from the recorded objections to acts of his on that day and from his marked conduct on occasions to which those objections were sure to be urged. (Matthew 12:1-16; Mark 3:2; Luke 6:1-5; 13:10-17; John 6:2-18; 7:23; 9:1-34) Christ’s words do not remit the duty of keeping the Sabbath, but only deliver it from the false methods of keeping which prevented it from bestowing upon men the spiritual blessings it was ordained to confer.


Nave's Topical Bible

Sabbath

• Signifying a period of rest
Genesis 2:2,3; Leviticus 23; 25; 26:34,35

• Preparations for the
Exodus 16:22; Matthew 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:31

• Religious usages on the
Genesis 2:3; Mark 6:2; Luke 4:16,31; 6:6; 13:10; Acts 13:14

• Sacrifices on the
Numbers 28:9,10; Ezekiel 46:4,5

 

• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO

Genesis 2:2,3; Exodus 16:5,23-30; 20:8-11; 23:12; 31:13-17; 34:21; 35:2,3; Leviticus 16:29-31; 19:3,30; 23:1-3,27-32; 24:8; 26:2,34,35; Numbers 15:32-36; 28:9,10; Deuteronomy 5:12-15; 2 Kings 4:23; 1 Chronicles 9:32; 2 Chronicles 36:21; Nehemiah 9:13,14; 10:31; 13:15-22; Psalms 92:1-15; 118:24; Isaiah 1:13; 56:2,4-7; 58:13,14; 66:23; Jeremiah 17:21,22,24-27; Lamentations 1:7; 2:6; Ezekiel 20:12,13,16,20,21,24; 22:8; 23:38; 44:24; 46:1,3; Hosea 2:11; Amos 8:5; Matthew 12:1-8,10-12; 24:20; Mark 2:27,28; 6:2; 16:1; Luke 4:16,31; 6:1-10; 13:10-17; 14:1-6; 23:54,56; John 5:5-14; 7:21-24; 9:1-34; 19:31; Acts 13:14,27,42,44; 15:21; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4; Colossians 2:16; Hebrews 4:4,9

 

• OBSERVANCE OF

• By Moses
Numbers 15:32-34

• By Nehemiah
Nehemiah 13:15,21

• By the women preparing to embalm the corpse of Jesus
Luke 23:56

• By Paul
Acts 13:14

• By the disciples
Acts 16:13

• By John
Revelation 1:10

• VIOLATIONS OF

• INSTANCES OF
o Gathering manna
Exodus 16:27

• Gathering sticks
Numbers 15:32

• Men of Tyre
Nehemiah 13:16

• The inhabitants of Jerusalem
Jeremiah 17:21-23

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Sabbath

(1,,4521,sabbaton | sabbata)

the latter, the plural form was transliterated from the Aramaic word, which was mistaken for a plural; hence the singular, sabbaton, was formed from it. The root means "to cease, desist" (Heb., shabath; cp. Arab NTB ., sabata, "to intercept, interrupt"); the doubled b has an intensive force, implying a complete cessation or a making to cease, probably the former. The idea is not that of relaxation or refreshment, but cessation from activity. The observation of the seventh day NTB TTT of the week, enjoined upon Israel NTB , was a sign between God NTB TTT and His earthly people, based upon the fact that after the six days of creative operations He rested, Exod. 31:16,17, with Exod. 20:8-11. The OT regulations were developed and systematized to such an extent that they became a burden NTB upon the people (who otherwise rejoiced in the rest NTB provided) and a byword for absurd extravagance. Two treatises of the Mishna (the Shabbath and Erubin) are entirely occupied with regulations for the observance; so NTB with the discussions in the Gemara, on NTB rabinical opinions. The effect upon current opinion explains the antagonism roused by the Lord NTB 's cures wrought on NTB the "Sabbath NTB ," e.g., Matt. 12:9-13; John NTB 5:5-16, and explains the fact that on NTB a "Sabbath NTB " the sick were brought to be healed after sunset, e.g., Mark NTB 1:32. According to rabbinical ideas, the disciples, by plucking ears of corn NTB (Matt. 12:1; Mark NTB 2:23), and rubbing them (Luke NTB 6:1), broke the "sabbath NTB " in two respects; for to pluck was to reap, and to rub was to thresh. The Lord NTB 's attitude towards the "sabbath NTB " was by way of freeing it from these vexatious traditional accretions by which it was made an end in itself, instead of a means to an end (Mark NTB 2:27).

In the Epistles NTB the only direct mentions are in Col. 2:16, "a sabbath NTB day NTB TTT ," RV (which rightly has the singular, see 1st parag., above), where it is listed among things that were "a shadow of the things to come" (ie., of the age introduced at Pentecost NTB ), and in Heb. 4:4-11, where the perpetual sabbatismos is appointed for believers (see REST NTB ); inferential references are in Rom. 14:5; Gal. 4:9-11. For the first three centuries of the Christian NTB era the first day NTB TTT of the week was never confounded with the "sabbath NTB ;" the confusion of the Jewish and Christian NTB institutions was due to declension from apostolic teaching.

Notes: (1) In Matt. 12:1,11, where the plural is used, the AV (as the RV) rightly has the singular, "the sabbath NTB day NTB TTT ;" in Matt. 12:5 the AV has the plural (see above). Where the singular is used the RV omits the word "day NTB TTT ," Matt. 12:2; 24:20; Mark NTB 6:2; Luke NTB 6:1 ("on NTB a sabbath NTB "); 14:3; John NTB 9:14 ("it was the sabbath NTB on NTB the day NTB TTT when ..."). As to the use or omission of the article the omission does not always require the rendering "a sabbath NTB ;" it is absent, e.g., in Matt. 12:2. (2) In Acts 16:13, "on NTB the sabbath NTB day NTB TTT ," is, lit., "on NTB the day NTB TTT of the sabbath NTB " (plural). (3) For Matt. 28:1, see LATE. (4) For "the first day NTB TTT of the week" see ONE, A, (5).
(2,,4315,prosabbaton)
signifies "the day NTB TTT before the sabbath NTB " (pro, "before," and No NTB . 1), Mark NTB 15:42; some mss. have prin, "before," with sabbaton separately).


Exo 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day1. Footnote: The seventh day of the week, the weekly Sabbath, was observed before the Ten Words were given on Mt. Sinai.
Exo 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. Footnote: 1There are other Sabbaths, but this is the weekly Sabbath.


A Sabbath to the Lord

Exo 35:2 Six8337 days3117 shall work4399 be done,6213 but on the seventh7637 day3117 there shall be1961 to you a holy6944 day, a sabbath7676 of rest7677 to the LORD:3068 whosoever3605 doeth6213 work4399 therein shall be put to death.4191

:2 “Work is done for six days, but on the seventh day it shall be set-apart to you, a Sabbath of rest to יהוה. Anyone doing work on it is put to death.

Deu 5:15 And remember2142 that3588 thou wast1961 a servant5650 in the land776 of Egypt,4714 and that the LORD3068 thy God430 brought thee out3318 thence4480, 8033 through a mighty2389 hand3027 and by a stretched out5186 arm:2220 therefore5921, 3651 the LORD3068 thy God430 commanded6680 thee to keep6213 (853) the sabbajth7676 day.3117

:15 ‘And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Mitsrayim, and that יהוה your Elohim brought you out from there by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore יהוה your Elohim commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

Psa 92:1 A Psalm4210 or Song7892 for the sabbath7676 day.3117 It is a good2896 thing to give thanks3034 unto the LORD,3068 and to sing praises2167 unto thy name,8034 O most High:5945

:1 It is good to give thanks to יהוה, And to sing praises to Your Name, O Most High;

His Sabbath

Exo 31:13 “And you, speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard, by all means, for it is a sign1 between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, יהוה, am setting you apart. Footnote: 1The only sign of יהוה setting us apart, the only sign of the everlasting covenant, is His Sabbaths, one of them being the seventh day Sabbath. This is repeated in Ezek. 20:12 & 20.

Exo 31:14 ‘And you shall guard the Sabbath, for it is set-apart to you. Everyone who profanes it shall certainly be put to death, for anyone who does work on it, that being shall be cut off from among his people.

Lev 19:3 ‘Each one of you should fear his mother and his father, and guard My Sabbaths. I am יהוה your Elohim.

Lev 19:30 ‘Guard My Sabbaths and reverence My set-apart place. I am יהוה.

Lev 26:2 ‘Guard My Sabbaths and reverence My set-apart place. I am יהוה.

Lev 26:43 ‘For the land was abandoned by them, and enjoying its Sabbaths while lying waste without them, and they were paying for their crookedness, because they rejected My right-rulings and because their being loathed My laws.

2Ch 2:4 see, I am building a House for the Name of יהוה my Elohim, to set it apart to Him, to burn before Him sweet incense, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the New Moons, and on the appointed times of יהוה our Elohim. This is for Yisra’ĕl forever.

Neh 13:19 And it came to be, at the gates of Yerushalayim, as it began to be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day.

Isa 56:4 For thus said יהוה, “To the eunuchs who guard My Sabbaths, and have chosen what pleases Me, and hold fast to My covenant:

Isa 56:6 “Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה, to serve Him, and to love the Name of יהוה, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My covenant –

Eze 20:12 “And I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign1 between them and Me, to know that I am יהוה who sets them apart. Footnote: 1See Ex. 31:13-17.

Eze 20:13 “But the house of Yisra’ĕl rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My laws, and they rejected My right-rulings, which, if a man does, he shall live by them. And they greatly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.

Eze 20:14 “But I acted for My Name’s sake, not to profane it before the gentiles, before whose eyes I had brought them out.

Eze 20:15 “And I Myself also lifted My hand in an oath to them in the wilderness, not to bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, the splendour of all lands,

Eze 20:16 because they rejected My right-rulings and did not walk in My laws, and they profaned My Sabbaths. For their heart went after their idols.

Eze 20:20 ‘And set apart My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, to know that I am יהוה your Elohim.’

Eze 20:21 “But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My laws, and My right-rulings they did not guard to do them, which, if a man does, he shall live by them. They profaned My Sabbaths, so I resolved to pour out My wrath on them to complete My displeasure against them in the wilderness.

Eze 20:24 because they had not done My right-rulings, and they rejected My laws, and they profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were on their fathers’ idols.

Eze 22:8 “You have despised that which is set-apart to Me, and you have profaned My Sabbaths.

H2490 profaned חלל
châlal
khaw-lal'
A primitive root (compare H2470); properly to bore, that is, (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one’s word), to begin (as if by an opening-wedge); denominatively (from H2485) to play (the flute): - begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.

Eze 22:26 “Her priests have done violence to My teaching1 and they profane My set-apart matters. They have not distinguished between the set-apart and profane, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean. And they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned in their midst. Footnote: 1 Zeph. 3:4, Lk. 16:16.

Eze 23:38 “They also did this to Me: They have defiled My set-apart place on the same day, and they have profaned My Sabbaths.

Eze 44:24 “And they are to stand as judges in a dispute, and judge it according to My right-rulings. And they are to guard My Torot and My laws in all My appointed festivals, and set apart My Sabbaths.


Lord of the Sabbath

Exo 16:23 And he said559 unto413 them, This1931 is that which834 the LORD3068 hath said,1696 Tomorrow4279 is the rest7677 of the holy6944 sabbath7676 unto the LORD:3068 bake644 that (853) which834 ye will bake644 today, and seethe1310 that834 ye will seethe;1310 and that which3605 remaineth over5736 lay up5117 for you to be kept4931 until5704 the morning.1242

23 And he said to them, “This is what יהוה has said, ‘Tomorrow is a rest, a Sabbath set-apart to יהוה. That which you bake, bake; and that which you cook, cook. And lay up for yourselves all that is left over, to keep it until morning.’ ”

Exo 16:29 See,7200 for3588 that the LORD3068 hath given5414 you the sabbath,7676 therefore5921, 3651 he1931 giveth5414 you on the sixth8345 day3117 the bread3899 of two days;3117 abide3427 ye every man376 in his place,8478 let no408 man376 go out3318 of his place4480, 4725 on the seventh7637 day.3117

29 “See, because יהוה has given you the Sabbath, therefore He is giving you bread for two days on the sixth day. Let each one stay in his place, do not let anyone go out of his place on the seventh day.”

Exo 20:10 But the seventh7637 day3117 is the sabbath7676 of the LORD3068 thy God:430 in it thou shalt not3808 do6213 any3605 work,4399 thou,859 nor thy son,1121 nor thy daughter,1323 thy manservant,5650 nor thy maidservant,519 nor thy cattle,929 nor thy stranger1616 that834 is within thy gates:8179

10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. Footnote: 1There are other Sabbaths, but this is the weekly Sabbath.

Exo 31:15 Six8337 days3117 may work4399 be done;6213 but in the seventh7637 is the sabbath7676 of rest,7677 holy6944 to the LORD:3068 whosoever3605 doeth6213 any work4399 in the sabbath7676 day,3117 he shall surely be put to death.4191, 4191

15 ‘Six days work is done, and on the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, set-apart to יהוה. Everyone doing work on the Sabbath day shall certainly be put to death.

Exo 35:2 Six8337 days3117 shall work4399 be done,6213 but on the seventh7637 day3117 there shall be1961 to you a holy6944 day, a sabbath7676 of rest7677 to the LORD:3068 whosoever3605 doeth6213 work4399 therein shall be put to death.4191
2 “Work is done for six days, but on the seventh day it shall be set-apart to you, a Sabbath of rest to יהוה. Anyone doing work on it is put to death.

Lev 23:3 Six8337 days3117 shall work4399 be done:6213 but the seventh7637 day3117 is the sabbath7676 of rest,7677 a holy6944 convocation;4744 ye shall do6213 no3808, 3605 work4399 therein: it1931 is the sabbath7676 of the LORD3068 in all3605 your dwellings.4186

3 ‘Six days work is done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a set-apart gathering. You do no work, it is a Sabbath to יהוה in all your dwellings.

Lev 23:39 Also389 in the fifteenth2568, 6240 day3117 of the seventh7637 month,2320 when ye have gathered in622 (853) the fruit8393 of the land,776 ye shall keep2287 (853) a feast2282 unto the LORD3068 seven7651 days:3117 on the first7223 day3117 shall be a sabbath,7677 and on the eighth8066 day3117 shall be a sabbath.7677

39 ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the fruit of the land, observe the festival of יהוה for seven days. On the first day is a rest, and on the eighth day a rest.

Lev 24:8 Every sabbath3117, 7676, 3117, 7676 he shall set it in order6186 before6440 the LORD3068 continually,8548 being taken from4480, 854 the children1121 of Israel3478 by an everlasting5769 covenant.1285

H5769
עלם עולם
‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm
o-lawm', o-lawm'

From H5956; properly concealed, that is, the vanishing point; generally time out of mind (past or future), that is, (practically) eternity; frequentative adverbially (especially with prepositional prefix) always: - always (-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, [n-]) ever (-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare H5331, H5703.

8 “On every Sabbath he is to arrange it before יהוה continually, from the children of Yisra’ĕl – an everlasting covenant.

Lev 25:2 Speak1696 unto413 the children1121 of Israel,3478 and say559 unto413 them, When3588 ye come935 into413 the land776 which834 I589 give5414 you, then shall the land776 keep7673 a sabbath7676 unto the LORD.3068

2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall observe a Sabbath to יהוה.

Lev 25:4 But in the seventh7637 year8141 shall be1961 a sabbath7676 of rest7677 unto the land,776 a sabbath7676 for the LORD:3068 thou shalt neither3808 sow2232 thy field,7704 nor3808 prune2168 thy vineyard.3754

4 but in the seventh year the land is to have a Sabbath of rest, a Sabbath to יהוה. Do not sow your field and do not prune your vineyard.

Deu 5:14 But the seventh7637 day3117 is the sabbath7676 of the LORD3068 thy God:430 in it thou shalt not3808 do6213 any3605 work,4399 thou,859 nor thy son,1121 nor thy daughter,1323 nor thy manservant,5650 nor thy maidservant,519 nor thine ox,7794 nor thine ass,2543 nor any3605 of thy cattle,929 nor thy stranger1616 that834 is within thy gates;8179 that4616 thy manservant5650 and thy maidservant519 may rest5117 as well as thou.

14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath1 of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, so that your male servant and your female servant rest as you do. Footnote: 1See footnote at Ex. 20:10.

Deu 5:15 And remember2142 that3588 thou wast1961 a servant5650 in the land776 of Egypt,4714 and that the LORD3068 thy God430 brought thee out3318 thence4480, 8033 through a mighty2389 hand3027 and by a stretched out5186 arm:2220 therefore5921, 3651 the LORD3068 thy God430 commanded6680 thee to keep6213 (853) the sabbath7676 day.3117

15 ‘And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Mitsrayim, and that יהוה your Elohim brought you out from there by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore יהוה your Elohim commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

2Ki 11:7 And two8147 parts3027 of all3605 you that go forth3318 on the sabbath,7676 even they shall keep8104 (853) the watch4931 of the house1004 of the LORD3068 about413 the king.4428

7 “And the two detachments of you who are going out on the Sabbath shall be on guard in the House of יהוה for the sovereign.

2Ki 16:18 And the covert4329 for the sabbath7676 that834 they had built1129 in the house,1004 and the king's4428 entry3996 without,2435 turned5437 he from the house1004 of the LORD3068 for4480, 6440 the king4428 of Assyria.804

18 And the covered way which they had built in the House for the Sabbath, and the sovereign’s outer entrance, he took from the House of יהוה, because of the sovereign of Ashshur.

2Ch 36:21 To fulfill4390 the word1697 of the LORD3068 by the mouth6310 of Jeremiah,3414 until5704 the land776 had enjoyed7521 (853) her sabbaths:7676 for as long as3605, 3117 she lay desolate8074 she kept sabbath,7673 to fulfill4390 threescore and ten7657 years.8141

21 in order to fill the word of יהוה by the mouth of Yirmeyahu, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay waste she kept Sabbath, until seventy years were completed.

Isa 56:6 Also the sons1121 of the stranger,5236 that join themselves3867 to5921 the LORD,3068 to serve8334 him, and to love157 (853) the name8034 of the LORD,3068 to be1961 his servants,5650 every one3605 that keepeth8104 the sabbath7676 from polluting4480, 2490 it, and taketh hold2388 of my covenant;1285

6 “Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה, to serve Him, and to love the Name of יהוה, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My covenant –

Isa 58:13 If518 thou turn away7725 thy foot7272 from the sabbath,4480, 7676 from doing6213 thy pleasure2656 on my holy6944 day;3117 and call7121 the sabbath7676 a delight,6027 the holy6918 of the LORD,3068 honorable;3513 and shalt honor3513 him, not doing4480, 6213 thine own ways,1870 nor finding4480, 4672 thine own pleasure,2656 nor speaking1696 thine own words:1697

13 “If you do turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My set-apart day, and shall call the Sabbath ‘a delight,’ the set-apart day of יהוה ‘esteemed,’ and shall esteem it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

Jer 17:21 Thus3541 saith559 the LORD;3068 Take heed8104 to yourselves,5315 and bear5375 no408 burden4853 on the sabbath7676 day,3117 nor bring it in935 by the gates8179 of Jerusalem;3389

21 ‘Thus said יהוה, “Guard yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Yerushalayim,

Jer 17:24 And it shall come to pass,1961 if518 ye diligently hearken8085, 8085 unto413 me, saith5002 the LORD,3068 to bring in935 no1115 burden4853 through the gates8179 of this2063 city5892 on the sabbath7676 day,3117 but hallow6942 (853) the sabbath7676 day,3117 to do6213 no1115, 3605 work4399 therein;

24 “And it shall be, if you diligently obey Me,” declares יהוה, “to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and set apart the Sabbath day, to do no work in it,

Eze 46:1 Thus3541 saith559 the Lord136 GOD;3069 The gate8179 of the inner6442 court2691 that looketh6437 toward the east6921 shall be1961 shut5462 the six8337 working4639 days;3117 but on the sabbath3117, 7676 it shall be opened,6605 and in the day3117 of the new moon2320 it shall be opened.6605

1 ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “The gate of the inner courtyard facing east is shut the six days of work, but on the Sabbath it is opened, and on the day of the New Moon it is opened.


NEW Testament

Mat 12:8 For1063 the3588 Son5207 of man444 is2076 Lord2962 even2532 of the3588 sabbath day.4521

8 “For the Son of Adam is Master of the Sabbath.”

Mar 2:28 Therefore5620 the3588 Son5207 of man444 is2076 Lord2962 also2532 of the3588 sabbath.4521

28 “So the Son of Adam is also Master of the Sabbath.”1 Footnote: 1Mt. 12:8.

Luk 6:5 And2532 he said3004 unto them,846 That3754 the3588 Son5207 of man444 is2076 Lord2962 also2532 of the3588 sabbath.4521

5 And He said to them, “The Son of Adam is Master of the Sabbath.”1 Footnote: 1Mt. 12:8.

Luk 13:15 The3588 Lord2962 then3767 answered611 him,846 and2532 said,2036 Thou hypocrite,5273 doth not3756 each one1538 of you5216 on the3588 sabbath4521 loose3089 his848 ox1016 or2228 his ass3688 from575 the3588 stall,5336 and2532 lead him away520 to watering?4222

15 Then the Master answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loosen his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?

Act 17:2 And according to his practice, Sha’ul went in unto them, and for three Sabbaths was reasoning with them from the Scriptures,

Act 18:4 And he was reasoning in the congregation every Sabbath, and won over both Yehuḏim and Greeks.

Col 2:16 Let no one therefore judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths –

Heb 4:9 So there remains a Sabbath-keeping for the people of Elohim.

The Sabbath Is the Day Before the FIRST DAY of The Week

If we are to keep the Sabbath on the seventh day of the week, and the first day of the week falls on Sunday, then do the math…

     1. Sunday
     2. Monday
     3. Tuesday
     4. Wednesday
     5. Thursday
     6. Friday
     7. Saturday

The Sabbath falls on Saturday, not Sunday…