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1 | How long is a Sabbath day walk? | Acts 1:12 | KingWellaz | 243113 | ||
I would like some clarity on the distance translated as three quarter mile from the bibles description as "a sabbath day's journey" in Acts 1:12. How long is a Sabbath day ? How long would it take to walk three quarters of a mile, a whole sabbath day of walking? Thanks in advance. | ||||||
2 | How long is a Sabbath day walk? | Acts 1:12 | DocTrinsograce | 243114 | ||
Hi, Well... The Sabbath to the Jew would be from Sunset Friday through Sunset Saturday. A Sabbath day's journey would have been about seven furlongs (about 8.75 miles). Joshua 3:4 describes it as two thousand cubits. That would make sense, since by the Mosaic Law. The normal mode of transportation was riding upon an ass. That was prohibited on the Sabbath. Interestingly enough, riding a horse on the Sabbath was permissible. (Of course, there were few of them because of the cost of their upkeep.) Nonetheless, even riding a horse was not allowed to exceed the two thousand cubits mentioned above. In Him, Doc |
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3 | How long is a Sabbath day walk? | Acts 1:12 | EdB | 243116 | ||
I fail to understand your answer. 2000 cubits is a far shorter distance than 8.75 miles. Most scholars place a cubit to be about 15 to 18 inches ( distance of elbow to index finger tip) 2000 cubits would be about 3000 feet, a little more than a half mile. I fully understand that the Pharisees using loopholes circumvented these restrictions but again even the most generous interpretations still limited travel to less than 2.3 miles. I was taught that a faithful Jew would limit their steps to 1000 approx 3000 feet. That they would build their homes to accommodate this distance to a local synagogue and nominal number of trip to outhouse. Can you enlighten me to where the 8.75 miles figure came from? |
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4 | How long is a Sabbath day walk? | Acts 1:12 | DocTrinsograce | 243122 | ||
Hi, Ed... I was trying to keep it simple, but clearly I failed to do so. On top of that I incorrectly converted a mile to furlongs rather than vice versa. I think something over seven furlongs is a mile. Thank you for pointing out my error. By the way, the Pharisees were not always "looking for loopholes." Rather they were trying to protect themselves from transgressing the law by fencing the laws with additional proscriptions or enjoinments. Certainly they neglected or even sought means to minimize what God had commanded. I have a Mezuzah on my door. It serves to remind me of the Shema (Deuteronomy 6). It is a great reminder, for we Jews took Deuteronomy 6 seriously and literally: Placing the command on our foreheads and on our doorposts... yet utterly failing to place them in the heart. So, let's see, I answered your explicit statement. The implicit statement as to where the figures come from can be found in the Talmud Bavli (Babylonian Talmud), chapter 4. In Christ's day this would have been part of the Mishnah. If you read through it you will see the 1000, 2000, and 3000 cubit references. You'll also find a bit of their explanation as to how the Sages came up with all of this stuff. Oh, another by the way, the walk from the Jerusalem city center to the gates was about 1000 cubits. An additional 1000 cubits was allowed from the gate. Gethsemane was about 1000 cubits from the gate. Since the Halakah allowed for another 1000 cubits to return, one can understand why Gethsemane was a popular place to visit on Shabbat. In Him, Doc |
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