THE SABBATH OF THE LORD

Old Testament. Exodus 16:23, 25, 26, 29; 20:8, 10, 11; 31:13, 14, 15,[twice:] 16;[twice:] 35:2, 3; Leviticus 19:3, 30; 23:3;[twice,] 11, 15,[twice,] 16, 38; 24:8; 26:2; Numbers 15:32; 28:9, 10: Deuteronomy 5:12, 14, 15; 2 Kings 11:5, 7, 9:[twice:] 16:18; 1 Chronicles 9:32; 2 Chronicles 23:4. 8;[twice;] Nehemiah 9:14; 10:31;[twice] 13:15,[twice,] 16, 17, 18, 19,[thrice,] 21, 22; Isaiah 56:2, 4, 6; 58:13;[twice;] 66:23; Jeremiah 17:21, 22,[twice,] 24,[twice,] 27;[twice;] Ezekiel 20:12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 24; 22:8, 26; 23:38; 44:24; 46:1, 4, 12; Amos 8:5.- Total 81.BSA 16.3

New Testament. Matthew 12:2, 5,[twice,] 8, 10, 11, 12; 24:20; 28:1; Mark 1:21; 2:23, 24, 27,[twice,] 28; 3:2, 4; 6:2; 15:42; 16:1; Luke 4:16, 31; 6:1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9; 13:10, 14,[twice,] 15, 16; 14:1, 3, 5; 23:54, 56; John 5:9, 10, 16, 18; 7:22, 23;[twice;] 9:14, 16; 19:31;[twice;] Acts 1:12; 13:14; 27:42, 44; 15:21; 6:13; 17:2; 18:4. - Total, 59.BSA 17.1

The New Testament was written by inspiration of God in the Christian age, and for the instruction of those who should live in this age. It is said to have been written thus: “Matthew’s gospel, six years after the resurrection of Christ. Mark’s gospel, ten years after the church commenced. Luke’s gospel twenty-eight years after. John’s gospel, sixty-three years after. The Acts of the Apostles, thirty years after. The Epistle to the Romans, and two to the Corinthians and Galatians, twenty-four years after. Ephesians, Colossians and Hebrews, twenty-nine years. To Timothy, Titus, and the second Epistle of Peter, thirty years. The Revelation of John, sixty-one years. His three Epistles, about sixty-five years after the resurrection.” The inspired name of the seventh day in the Christian dispensation, then is “the Sabbath,” while the next day following is called by inspiration of God, simply “the first day of the week.”BSA 17.2

The Sabbath was instituted at creation, Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:11; Mark 2:27; Hebrews 4:4.BSA 18.1

Pointed out and enforced before the law was given at Sinai Exodus 16:4, 22, 23, 25-30.BSA 18.2

Sabbath law recognized in the New Testament. Matthew 12:12; Luke 23:56.BSA 18.3

Apostolic example for the Sabbath. Acts 17:2; 6:13; 18:3, 4, 11; 13:42, 44.BSA 18.4

Note. - The above texts, and also Acts 13:14, 15, 27; 15:21, show that the apostles and evangelists acknowledged the name of the Sabbath as belonging to the seventh day, in this dispensation.BSA 18.5