Thematic Bible: Sabbath


Thematic Bible



When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. And the people were dumbfounded when they heard Him, and said, "Where did He get all these things? What sort of wisdom is it that has been given Him? And such mighty deeds are done by Him! Verse ConceptsAbility, Of ChristSabbath, In NtSynagogueAmazement, Of Jesus ChristChrist's WisdomChrist TeachingOn The SabbathWhere From?Teaching Wisdom

On another Sabbath He found Himself in the synagogue teaching; and there was there a man whose right hand was withered. Verse ConceptsEntering The TempleLimbs WitheredChrist TeachingDiseased HandsEvil For The Right HandOn The Sabbath

Well, if a male child undergoes circumcision on the Sabbath, to keep the law of Moses from being broken, are you angry with me for making a man perfectly well on the Sabbath? Verse ConceptsInconsistencyCircumcision, physicalMoses, Significance OfAngry With ChristFulfilling The LawJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

On the sabbath we went outside the gate, to the bank of the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to talk with the women who had met there. Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofGatesLord's Day, ThePrayer, As Asking GodRivers And StreamsSabbath, In NtWitnessing, Approaches ToPrayer MeetingsOutside The CityRiver BanksGoing OutsidePeople Sitting DownOn The SabbathWhere To PrayRivers As Places Of PrayerStudyingPraying


And how much more a man is worth than a sheep! So it is right to do good on the sabbath." Verse ConceptsValuesPrice Of PeopleDo Good!Intrinsic Importance Of ManThe Sabbath And ChristWhat Value Is Man?Self WorthWorthValue

So Paul, as he usually did, went to the synagogue, and for three sabbaths discussed with them the Scriptures, Verse ConceptsCustomHabitsLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtSynagogueDiscussionsThree Other ThingsOn The SabbathUse Of The Scriptures

And at once the man was well, and picked up his pallet, and went to walking. Now it was the Sabbath. Verse ConceptsThe Healed WalkingThe Sabbath And ChristIdentity In Christ

Now it was on the Sabbath when Jesus had made the clay and caused the man's eyes to see. Verse ConceptsJesus HealingThe Sabbath And Christ

For somewhere He speaks of the seventh day: "On the seventh day God rested from all His works"; Verse ConceptsHolidayThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7Sabbaths Instituted



For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath." Verse ConceptsThe Sabbath And Christ

At that time Jesus walked one sabbath through the wheat fields, and His disciples became hungry, and began to pull the heads of wheat and eat them. Verse ConceptsPlucking OutReapingThe Disciples ActionsOn The SabbathDiscipleship


















Now there was a man there with one hand withered. And, to get a charge against Him, they asked Him, "Is it right to cure people on the sabbath?" But He said to them, "What man is there among you, if he has only one sheep and it falls into a ditch on the sabbath, will not lay hold on it and lift it out? And how much more a man is worth than a sheep! So it is right to do good on the sabbath." read more.
Then He said to the man, "Hold out your hand." And he held it out, and it was cured so that it became like the other.

One Sabbath He was teaching in one of the synagogues, and there was a woman there who for eighteen years had had a disease caused by a spirit. She was bent double and could not straighten herself up at all. As soon as Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disease!" read more.
Then He laid His hands on her, and at once she straightened herself up and burst into praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured her on the Sabbath, answered the crowd, "There are six days on which people must work; so come on these and be cured, but not on the Sabbath." Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not everyone of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey and lead him out of the stable to water him? And so was it not right for this woman, a descendant of Abraham, whom Satan has for eighteen years kept bound, to be freed from this bond on the Sabbath?" Even while He was saying this, His opponents were blushing with shame, but all the people were rejoicing over all the glorious things that were being done by Him.

The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him. This is why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He persisted in doing such things on the Sabbath. Then He answered them, "My Father is still working, and so am I." read more.
It was on account of this that the Jews tried all the harder to put Him to death, because He not only persisted in breaking the Sabbath, but also kept on saying that God was His Father, and so was making Himself equal to God.

Just in front of Him was a man who was suffering from dropsy. He answered the experts in the law and the Pharisees by asking, "Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath or not?" But they made no answer. So He took hold of the man and cured him and sent him away. read more.
Then He said to them, "Which of you, if his son or ox falls into a well, will not at once pull him out on the Sabbath?"

Jesus answered them, "I have done just one deed, and yet you are all dumbfounded! Then Moses gave you the rite of circumcision -- not that it had its origin with Moses but with your earlier forefathers -- and you circumcise a male child even on the Sabbath. Well, if a male child undergoes circumcision on the Sabbath, to keep the law of Moses from being broken, are you angry with me for making a man perfectly well on the Sabbath? read more.
Stop judging superficially; you must judge fairly."





As it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, that the bodies might not remain on the crosses during the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was a very important one, the Jews requested Pilate to have their legs broken and their bodies taken down. Verse ConceptsJews, TheLegsBones BrokenCrucifiedOthers CrucifiedPreparing FoodRules About CorpsesSabbath Observed


On the next day, which is the day after the Preparation Day, the high priests and Pharisees met and went in a body to Pilate, Verse ConceptsThe Next DayPreparing Foodpreppinganniversarycredibility

Although it was now evening, yet since it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Verse ConceptsPreparing FoodSabbath ObservedPreparation

It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was just beginning. Verse ConceptsBeginningOn The SabbathPreparing Food

but they went on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. On the sabbath they went to the synagogue and took seats. Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtOn The Sabbath

So He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up, and as His habit was on the Sabbath, He went to the synagogue and stood up to read. Verse ConceptsCustomReadingHabitsLiteracySabbath, In NtSynagogueWorship, Times ForReading The ScripturesOn The SabbathGoing To Churchculture

So He came down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee. And He continued to teach them on the Sabbath, Verse ConceptsTown

When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue. And the people were dumbfounded when they heard Him, and said, "Where did He get all these things? What sort of wisdom is it that has been given Him? And such mighty deeds are done by Him! Verse ConceptsAbility, Of ChristSabbath, In NtSynagogueAmazement, Of Jesus ChristChrist's WisdomChrist TeachingOn The SabbathWhere From?Teaching Wisdom

On another Sabbath He found Himself in the synagogue teaching; and there was there a man whose right hand was withered. Verse ConceptsEntering The TempleLimbs WitheredChrist TeachingDiseased HandsEvil For The Right HandOn The Sabbath


One Sabbath He was teaching in one of the synagogues, Verse ConceptsChrist TeachingOn The Sabbath

And with great joy they went back to Jerusalem; and they were continually in the temple, praising God.

Now when the feast was already half over, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach. Verse ConceptsAcademicsPilgrimageJesus As Our TeacherChrist TeachingChrist In The Temple














And as they were talking, and discussing these things, Jesus Himself came up near to them and continued to walk with them, Verse ConceptsFriendship Among BelieversDrawing Near To ChristChrist Going With People

On that very day, strange to say, two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and were talking together about all these things that had taken place.







So He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up, and as His habit was on the Sabbath, He went to the synagogue and stood up to read. Verse ConceptsCustomReadingHabitsLiteracySabbath, In NtSynagogueWorship, Times ForReading The ScripturesOn The SabbathGoing To Churchculture

"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax-collector. Verse ConceptsRich, TheJewish SectsTwo PeopleCharacteristics Of PhariseesPraying For OthersGoing To ChurchPrayingtaxespharisees





There was also a prophetess there, Hannah, a daughter of Phanuel, who belonged to the tribe of Asher. She was very old; from girlhood she had lived seven years with a husband, and now had been a widow eighty years. She never left the temple, but continued to worship all day and all night with fastings and prayers.


Then He said to them, "The Sabbath was made to serve man and not man to keep the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

Then He said to them, "The Sabbath was made to serve man and not man to keep the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."




In the evening of that same first day of the week, even with the doors of the room bolted where the disciples had met for fear of the Jews, Jesus went in and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you!" Verse ConceptsCowardiceJews, TheKeysSundayPeace, Human Destruction OfSabbath, In NtMiracles Of ChristResurrection Of Christ, AppearancesFear, Of PersecutionThe First Day Of The WeekShutting DoorsEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesFear Of EnemiesPraying Behind Closed DoorsPeace To You



Then they went back home, and prepared spices and perfumes. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalLord's Day, TheOintment




On the sabbath we went outside the gate, to the bank of the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to talk with the women who had met there. Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofGatesLord's Day, ThePrayer, As Asking GodRivers And StreamsSabbath, In NtWitnessing, Approaches ToPrayer MeetingsOutside The CityRiver BanksGoing OutsidePeople Sitting DownOn The SabbathWhere To PrayRivers As Places Of PrayerStudyingPraying

but they went on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. On the sabbath they went to the synagogue and took seats. Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtOn The Sabbath