Thematic Bible: Sabbath


Thematic Bible



On the Sabbath He proceeded to teach in the synagogue; and many, as they heard Him, were astonished. "Where did he acquire all this?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? And what are these marvellous miracles which his hands perform? Verse ConceptsAbility, Of ChristSabbath, In NtSynagogueAmazement, Of Jesus ChristChrist's WisdomChrist TeachingOn The SabbathWhere From?Teaching Wisdom

On another Sabbath He had gone to the synagogue and was teaching there; and in the congregation was a man whose right arm was withered. Verse ConceptsEntering The TempleLimbs WitheredChrist TeachingDiseased HandsEvil For The Right HandOn The Sabbath

If a child is circumcised even on a Sabbath day, are you bitter against me because I have restored a man to perfect health on a Sabbath day? Verse ConceptsInconsistencyCircumcision, physicalMoses, Significance OfAngry With ChristFulfilling The LawJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

On the Sabbath we went beyond the city gate to the riverside, where we had reason to believe that there was a place for prayer; and sitting down we talked with the women who had come together. 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


Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore 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

Paul--following his usual custom--betook himself to it, and for three successive Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, Verse ConceptsCustomHabitsLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtSynagogueDiscussionsThree Other ThingsOn The SabbathUse Of The Scriptures

Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Verse ConceptsThe Healed WalkingThe Sabbath And ChristIdentity In Christ

Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened the man's eyes was the Sabbath. Verse ConceptsJesus HealingThe Sabbath And Christ

For, as we know, when speaking of the seventh day He has used the words, "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works;" Verse ConceptsHolidayThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7Sabbaths Instituted



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

About that time Jesus passed on the Sabbath through the wheatfields; and His disciples became hungry, and began to gather ears of wheat and eat them. Verse ConceptsPlucking OutReapingThe Disciples ActionsOn The SabbathDiscipleship


















where there was a man with a shrivelled arm. And they questioned Him, "Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath?" Their intention was to bring a charge against Him. "Which of you is there," He replied, "who, if he has but a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath." read more.
Then He said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." And he stretched it out, and it was restored quite sound like the other.

Once He was teaching on the Sabbath in one of the synagogues where a woman was present who for eighteen years had been a confirmed invalid: she was bent double, and was unable to lift herself to her full height. But Jesus saw her, and calling to her, He said to her, "Woman, you are free from your weakness." read more.
And He put His hands on her, and she immediately stood upright and began to give glory to God. Then the Warden of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured her on a Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in the week on which people ought to work. On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured, and not on the Sabbath day." But the Lord's reply to him was, "Hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his bullock or his ass from the stall and lead him to water? And this woman, daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan had bound for no less than eighteen years, was she not to be loosed from this chain because it is the Sabbath day?" When He had said this, all His opponents were ashamed, while the whole multitude was delighted at the many glorious things continually done by Him.

The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had restored him to health; and on this account the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because He did these things on the Sabbath. His reply to their accusation was, "My Father works unceasingly, and so do I." read more.
On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.

In front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy. This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?" They gave Him no answer; so He took hold of the man, cured him, and sent him away. read more.
Then He turned to them and said, "Which of you shall have a child or an ox fall into a well on the Sabbath day, and will not immediately lift him out?"

"One deed I have done," replied Jesus, "and you are all full of wonder. Consider therefore. Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that it began with Moses, but with your earlier forefathers) If a child is circumcised even on a Sabbath day, are you bitter against me because I have restored a man to perfect health on a Sabbath day? read more.
Do not form superficial judgements, but form the judgements that are just."





Meanwhile the Jews, because it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and in order that the bodies might not remain on the crosses during the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was one of special solemnity) Verse ConceptsJews, TheLegsBones BrokenCrucifiedOthers CrucifiedPreparing FoodRules About CorpsesSabbath Observed


On the next day, the day after the Preparation, the High Priests and the Pharisees came in a body to Pilate. Verse ConceptsThe Next DayPreparing Foodpreppinganniversarycredibility

Towards sunset, as it was the Preparation--that is, the day preceding the Sabbath-- Verse ConceptsPreparing FoodSabbath ObservedPreparation

It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was near at hand. Verse ConceptsBeginningOn The SabbathPreparing Food

But they themselves, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia. Here, on the Sabbath day, they went into the synagogue and sat down. Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtOn The Sabbath

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

So He came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, where He frequently taught the people on the Sabbath days. Verse ConceptsTown

On the Sabbath He proceeded to teach in the synagogue; and many, as they heard Him, were astonished. "Where did he acquire all this?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? And what are these marvellous miracles which his hands perform? Verse ConceptsAbility, Of ChristSabbath, In NtSynagogueAmazement, Of Jesus ChristChrist's WisdomChrist TeachingOn The SabbathWhere From?Teaching Wisdom

On another Sabbath He had gone to the synagogue and was teaching there; and in the congregation was a man whose right arm was withered. Verse ConceptsEntering The TempleLimbs WitheredChrist TeachingDiseased HandsEvil For The Right HandOn The Sabbath


Once He was teaching on the Sabbath in one of the synagogues Verse ConceptsChrist TeachingOn The Sabbath

They worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. Afterwards they were continually in attendance at the Temple, blessing God.

But when the Festival was already half over, Jesus went up to the Temple and commenced teaching. Verse ConceptsAcademicsPilgrimageJesus As Our TeacherChrist TeachingChrist In The Temple


One day Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the hour of prayer--the ninth hour--and, just then, Verse ConceptsFamily SolidarityCeremoniesHourWorship, Times ForPrayer Meetings3 PmDisciples In The TempleWhen To PrayThe First TemplePrayingpartnership








On the first day of every week let each of you put on one side and store up at his home whatever gain has been granted to him; so that whenever I come, there may then be no collections going on. Verse ConceptsAbility, To GiveGiving, Of PossessionsBeing In DebtHolidayLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtThriftGenerosity, Used TowardsProsperityThe First Day Of The WeekAccording To ThingsStoring Other ThingsGiving Money To The ChurchFinancesMoney BlessingsSaving Money




and, in the midst of their conversation and discussion, Jesus Himself came and joined them, Verse ConceptsFriendship Among BelieversDrawing Near To ChristChrist Going With People

On that same day two of the disciples were walking to Emmaus, a village seven or eight miles from Jerusalem, and were conversing about all these recent events;







He came to Nazareth also, where He had been brought up; and, as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath, 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," He said; "one being a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer. Verse ConceptsRich, TheJewish SectsTwo PeopleCharacteristics Of PhariseesPraying For OthersGoing To ChurchPrayingtaxespharisees





There was also Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, belonging to the tribe of Asher. She was of a very great age, having had after her maidenhood seven years of married life, and then being a widow of eighty-four years. She was never absent from the Temple, but worshipped, by day and by night, with fasting and prayer.


And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath; so that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath; so that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."




On that same first day of the week, when it was evening and, for fear of the Jews, the doors of the house where the disciples were, were locked, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, "Peace be to 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 returned, and prepared spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested in obedience to the Commandment. Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalLord's Day, TheOintment




On the Sabbath we went beyond the city gate to the riverside, where we had reason to believe that there was a place for prayer; and sitting down we talked with the women who had come together. 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 themselves, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia. Here, on the Sabbath day, they went into the synagogue and sat down. Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtOn The Sabbath

In the Spirit I found myself present on the day of the Lord, and I heard behind me a loud voice which resembled the blast of a trumpet. Verse ConceptsMetaphysicsThe First Day Of The WeekecstasyHolidayLord's Day, TheSabbath, In NtInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Means OfTrumpets For SignallingGod's VoiceThe Rapturecommunion