'Sabbath' in the Bible
At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain.
But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!”
Or haven’t you read in the Law that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
There He saw a man who had a paralyzed hand. And in order to accuse Him they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
But He said to them, “What man among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?
A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”
Pray that your escape may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.
After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb.
Then they went into Capernaum, and right away He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.
On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking some heads of grain.
The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.
Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
In order to accuse Him, they were watching Him closely to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath.
Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.
When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these things?” they said. “What is this wisdom given to Him, and how are these miracles performed by His hands?
When it was already evening, because it was preparation day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so they could go and anoint Him.
He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As usual, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.
Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and was teaching them on the Sabbath.
On a Sabbath, He passed through the grainfields. His disciples were picking heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.
But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
Then He told them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
On another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching. A man was there whose right hand was paralyzed.
The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely, to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a charge against Him.
Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
As He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,
But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”
But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water?
Satan has bound this woman, a daughter of Abraham, for 18 years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
One Sabbath, when He went to eat at the house of one of the leading Pharisees, they were watching Him closely.
In response, Jesus asked the law experts and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
And to them, He said, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”
It was preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.
Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.Now that day was the Sabbath,
so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It’s illegal for you to pick up your mat.”
Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
“Consider this: Moses has given you circumcision—not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers—and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses won’t be broken, are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?
The day that Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He doesn’t keep the Sabbath!” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.
Since it was the preparation day, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called the Mount of Olives, which is near Jerusalem—a Sabbath day’s journey away.
They continued their journey from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia. On the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
For the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers, since they did not recognize Him or the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled their words by condemning Him.
As they were leaving, the people begged that these matters be presented to them the following Sabbath.
The following Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the message of the Lord.
For since ancient times, Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city, and every Sabbath day he is read aloud in the synagogues.”
On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate by the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women gathered there.
As usual, Paul went to the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
Therefore, don’t let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people.