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NASB | Acts 13:13 ¶ Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 13:13 ¶ Now Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John [Mark] left them and went back to Jerusalem. |
Subject: was the sabbath still observed |
Bible Note: Hi Beja, I think we can worship God and our Lord Jesus Christ on any day and at any time. The question was if early Christians observed the Sabbath along with Sunday and did they celebrate Passover. Based solely on scripture, it is apparent the early Christians did met on the Sabbath and did observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Scripture also shows they met on other days of the week, including Sunday. I am presently in an international Bible study program which has students from about a 100 different churches or denominations. It is a very mainstream Protestant organization. A recent study concerned the Sabbath. It was from this study I learned of the Sabbath meetings given in Acts. It also presented the two given scriptures to support Sunday worship. It was not my intent to take anything out of context or setup a straw man or an unduly weak argument in favor of Sunday worship. I am glad that you appreciate that the two scriptures offered are a weak argument. I do not find 1 Cor 16:1-2 to be any stronger. When I find scripture that is in disagreement with my beliefs or in conflict with other scripture, then it is I who am wrong. God rested on the seventh day, then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it. There was Adam and Eve at the time, the father and mother of us all, no Hebrews and no Christians. Where does God bless and sanctify the first day? Where does it state that he changed the Sabbath to Sunday? Holmes |