The Sabbath in the New Testament
1. What was the custom of Christ concerning the Sabbath? “And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of Him through all the region round about. And He taught in their synagogs, being glorified of all. And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up: and, as His custom was, He went into the synagog on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read.” Luke 4: 14-16. 2. What was the Master’s admonition to His disciples when predicting the overthrow of Jerusalem? “But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day.” Mat. 24: 20. 3. What did Christ say was His position with reference to the Sabbath? “And He said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.” Mark 2: 27, 28. 4. On what day did the Christian women at Philippi hold their prayer meeting? “And on the Sabbath we went out of the city by a riverside, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.” Acts 16: 13. 5. What was the custom of the Apostle Paul with reference to the observance of the Sabbath? “Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagog of the Jews: and Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures.” Acts 17: 1, 2. 6. On another occasion where did Paul and Barnabas go on the Sabbath? “But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagog on the Sabbath day, and sat down.” Acts 13: 14. 7. What courtesy was extended to these visitors by the rulers of the synagog? “And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagog sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.” Acts 13: 15. 8. Following the discourse of Paul in answer to this invitation, what request was made by the Gentile portion of the congregation? “And when the Jews were gone out of the synagog, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.” Acts 13: 42.