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NASB | Colossians 2:16 ¶ Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:16 ¶ Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. |
Subject: what sabbath does it refer to? |
Bible Note: I'm not a Hebrew or Greek scholar either. What I do know is how to read the resources that are available. I also spent the bucks to get a copy of BibleWorks 4.0--with that I can search by Strong's numbers if I have to! The point with searching for the words is that neither the Day of Atonement nor the feast of Trumpets are ever called "heorte". So, what Paul did was use a "standard" OT "formula" to list the ceremonial days of the Jewish year. So, you have feasts, new moons and the ceremonial sabbaths. What was apparently happening at Colossae was that some ascetics were judging the believers for feasting and fasting on the days that are mentioned. Paul was saying to them "don't let these people judge you on these matters,let the "body of Christ" (i.e., the church) handle it." |