When is the sabbath, Saturday or Sunday. I know there will be different views on this so what are the reasons.

Answer 1

Hi, this post will be a little long but if you read I promise I will answer all your questions.

Saturday was, is, and will forever be the ONLY Sabbath. Saturday is the Sabbath for both the Jews and Christians. There is NO verse in the Bible that calls Sunday the Sabbath. There is NO verse in the Bible where God the Father Jesus or the Apostles command anyone to worship on Sunday.

"But the Seventh-day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God" Exodus 20
Look up Saturday in the dictionary it says the 7th day of the week.

Some estimate that in about 100 languages Saturday is called the Sabbath here is a sample

Greek - Sabbaton
Latin (Italy) -Sabbatum
Spanish (Spain) -Sábado
Portuguese (Portugal) -Sabbado
Italian (Italy) -Sabbato
Prussian (Prussia) -Sabatico
Russian (Russia) -Subbota
Polish -Sobota
Hebrew -Shabbath
Afaghan -Shamba
Hindustani -Shamba
Persian -Shambin

The belief that God does not care which day is false look at Exodus 16. God was upset with the Israelites when they did not keep HIS Sabbath.

There is also NO verse that calls Sunday the Lord's Day people who say this are misguided. The Bible says that the Sabbath(Saturday) is the Lord's Day
Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. Exodus 20:8

For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. Matthew 28:8

So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath. Mark 1:21

Then Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." Luke 6:5

If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on MY HOLY DAY; and call the SABBATH a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words.Isa 58:13

There is NO scripture ANYWHERE in the Bible to support the belief that Rev 1:10 is talking about Sunday



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A challenge, where in the Bible does it call Sunday the New Sabbath?
search the scriptures you will not find it


Was the Sabbath created by God on Mt. Sinai?

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
Genesis 2:2,3

The Sabbath was part of creation week


What does the Bible say about the Sabbath?

“ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. Exodus 20:8-11


But we don’t really know which day is the seventh?

It is highly unlikely that the entire Jewish community forgot which day was their Holy day.

Which day is the seventh day?

Saturday : the seventh day of the week
-Webster’s Dictionary


Are there other examples of God emphasizing the Sabbath?

He said to them, "This is what the LORD commanded: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Exodus 16:23

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? See, for that the LORD hath given you the Sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day. Exodus 16:28-30

Both of these examples are before Mt. Sinai and the 10 commandments.

Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. Exodus 30:13


I am a Christian and I want to follow Christ. Did Jesus keep the Sabbath?

He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. Luke 4:16

Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" Matthew 12:9,10

They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. Mark 1:21

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. Mark 6:2

He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. Luke 4:16

Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath began to teach the people. Luke 4:31

On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues Luke 13:10


But isn’t Sunday the Lord’s day?

Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. Exodus 20:8

If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Isa 58:14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. Isa 58:13,14

For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. Matthew 28:8

So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath. Mark 1:21

Then Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." Luke 6:5


Did Jesus expect his followers to keep the Sabbath after he ascended into heaven?
Jesus speaking of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 A.D.

Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. Matthew 24:20

Did the apostles keep the Sabbath?
Acts 13:14
Acts 13:42
Acts 13:44
Acts 16:13
Acts 17:2
Acts 18:4


But Doesn’t Col 2:14 say that the Sabbath is gone?

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross

According to this theory then we can commit adultery and murder and steal and worship idols etc.
Is that what Paul means? No!

There are two laws the 10 commandments written by God placed in the Ark and the handwritten law of Moses which was placed outside the ark which “was a witness against us” Deuteronomy 31:25.


But what about I Corinthians 16:2 “Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.”?

This verse says nothing about worship. What it is talking about is collecting money to distribute in Jerusalem (vs. 3)

If we look at Acts 18 Paul went to Corinth to build the Church

Acts 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Acts 18:11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

That is 72 Sabbaths.


What about Acts 20:7
Acts 20:7 says that they "broke bread" on the first day and People THINK this means communion. But if they read Acts chapter 2 it says they broke bread everyday, breaking bread means eating. There are 7 verses where Jesus kept the Sabbath, 6 obvious verses where the early church (Apostles, Jews AND the GENTILES) met on Sabbath to worship compared to only one ambiguous text for Sunday. The weight of the evidence is for Sabbath (Saturday) worship.

But I thought the Gentiles went to Church on Sunday?
Acts 13:42
Acts 17:1-4
Acts 18


Doesn’t Roman’s say we can worship any day?

Rom 14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Rom 14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

If you look ate the book of Zechariah you see what Paul was talking about
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? Zechariah 7:4,5
Paul is talking about observing days of Fasts

Let’s think about this is Paul telling people to violate the commandments if Paul had said Rom 14:6 He that kills, kills unto the Lord; and he that kills not, to the Lord he doth not kills.

People would say "That’s crazy you can’t commit murder that’s a moral law, Paul must mean something else." Many people justify breaking the Sabbath because they view all the other laws as more important, and the Sabbath as a minor law. They use this philosophy to justify outright rebellion against God and his law


Didn’t Jesus gave us new laws, Love God and love your neighbor?
These are not new laws they summarize the 10 commandments the first 4 deal with your love for God and the last 6 deal with your love for man. In addition these are not new laws

Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Leviticus 19:18 'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD


But aren’t we under Grace now?

“What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law but grace? God forbid” Romans 6:15

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Romans7:7

Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. Romans 3:31

Is there anywhere in The Bible that says to keep Sunday Holy?
No, The scripture can not be found.


Are we saved by the Law?
NO!! Absolutely NOT!!
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8,9

“What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law but grace? God forbid” Romans 6:15

Will we keep the Sabbath in Heaven?
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.


Did the calendar change effect the weekly cycle?
No
Thursday, October 4, 1582 was followed by Friday October 15
Did the calendar change? Yes. Did the weekly Cycle change? NO!

Who changed the Sabbath to Sunday
“The earliest recognition of the observance of Sunday, is a constitution of Constantine in 321 A.D.” Encyclopedia Brittanica

Emperor Constantine worshiped the sun god Sol invictis (the undefeated sun) on Sunday and decided to mix pagan worship with Christianity, the question is since when did Pagan monarchs decide Bible truth?


The only commandment that people want to do away with is the only one that starts with Remember.
Is it a burden to keep Sabbath Holy?

No, it is however a burden to MAKE Sunday, which is no where in the Bible called the Sabbath, Holy.


No where in the Bible did Jesus or the Disciples instruct anyone to keep Sunday Holy.


If God created it perfect in the Garden of Eden, Moses and the Israelites kept it, If God commanded us to keep it, God says to take joy in the Sabbath, He is upset when we don’t keep it, Jesus kept it, the disciples kept and taught others to keep it, and we are going to keep it in Heaven shouldn’t we start keeping it here on Earth?



What do ministers of the different Faiths say?

Presbyterian:
“Until, therefore, it can be shown that the whole moral law has been repealed, the Sabbath will stand… The teaching of Christ confirms the perpetuity of the Sabbath” - T.C. Blake D.D. Theology Condensed

Catholic:
“You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day we never sanctify.” - James Cardinal Gibbons

Catholic:
“Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did happened in the first century(actually 200yrs later). The holy day, the Sabbath , was changed from Saturday to Sunday… not from any directions noted in the Scriptures, but from the Church’s sense of its own power… People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority should logically become Seventh Day Adventists, and keep Saturday holy.” –Saint Catherine Catholic Church Sentinel, May 21. 1995

Baptists:
“There was and is a commandment to keep holy the Sabbath day, but that Sabbath was not Sunday. … It will be said, however, and with some show of triumph, that the Sabbath was transferred from the seventh to the first day of the week… Where can the record of such a transaction be found? Not in the New Testament- absolutely not. There is no scriptural evidence of the change of the Sabbath institution from the seventh to the first day of the week.”- Dr. Edward T. Hiscox, Baptist Manual

Pentecostal:
“Why do we worship on Sunday? Doesn’t the Bible teach us that Saturday should be the Lord’s Day?... Apparently we will have to seek the answer from some other source than the New Testament.” David A Womack, “Is Sunday the Lord’s Day?”

Lutheran:
“The observance of the Lord’s day [Sunday] is founded not on any command of God, but on the authority of the church.” – Augsburg Confession of Faith,


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Answer 2

The Sabbath (Saturday) and the Lord's Day (Sunday) are two separate days. The Sabbath mentioned at the forth Commandment was on the last day of the week (Saturday); the Lord's Day was on the first day of the week (Sunday). Worship on the Lord's Day is mentioned numerous times in the New Testament, prior to the establishment of Catholicism. See Acts 20:7, 1 Cor. 16:2, and Rev. 1:10, for example.

Look at your calendar and note that Sunday is always listed first; that's because we recognize Sunday as the first day of the week. To confirm this, consider Matthew 28:1: "Now AFTER the Sabbath, as the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb." The day after the Sabbath (Saturday) is Sunday.

As Christians, we are free from the Mosaic Law, which includes the forth Commandment. We are to "pray without ceasing" and "give thanks in all things," essentially making each and every day of the week our Sabbath. The Lord's Day, Sunday, was set by the Apostles as the day the Church gathers together to fellowship and worship.

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Answer 3

The Sabbath is Saturday.
Some Christians observe the Sabbath on Sunday. Remember, the Sabbath was made for man; not man for the sabbath.

Answer 4

The Sabbath is from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday. The practice of Sunday worship was instituted by the Roman catholic cult as a demonstration of their power. This is openly stated in the historical writings of the RCs and no priest or pope will deny it...

Those who split from the RC cult, now known as Protestants, kept the Sunday worship but justifiy it as being to comemerate the day of Jesus' rising from the tomb. There is not Biblical evidence that Jesus voided the 4th commandment to keep the Sabbath... in fact even the RC popes have said that for non-catholics who claim to believe the teaching of Christ that they should keep the Sabbath of the 4th commandment.

I do not go along with most of the Seventh Day Adventists teaching...but they do have the facts streight on the True Sabbath. and they have ample literature on that subject.... just do not take the rest of their ideas too seriously

Answer 5

It would be Saturday. I know this is going to be the harsh truth. However man changed the times that we know of. GOD did not invent the calendar that we used today, those who follow luceferian doctrine (baal worship, fascism, and roman law) worship the sun god on Sunday. Saturday if it was a numbered day is the seventh day. Question for you, what day if any other do we as humans most sin on.....Saturday (The Sabbath) or Sunday (societies sabbath)??

Answer 6

The Sabbath is on Saturday. Years ago it was celebrated on Saturday but as time changed people were forced to start working on Saturday's so Christians started celebrating Christ on Sunday, the sabbath day has not changed just the day it is celebrated.

Answer 7

Judaism observes the Sabbath on Saturday because the story of Genesis teaches that God created the world, and on the seventh day rested. The term "sabbath" ("shabbat" in Hebrew) is derived from the Hebrew word "sheva," meaning "seven." The Jewish Sabbath observance begins at sundown Friday, and ends an hour after sundown on Saturday; all Jewish days officially begin at sunset.

Answer 8

The term Sabbath stems from the Jewish observance of Shabat or the seventh day, which they celebrate from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday. The early Roman catholics changed this to Sunday, or Sonday, to separate themselves from the Jews, whom they regarded as the true murderers of Christ. And those guys are still doing it that way today, but the Seventh Day Adventists observe Saturday as their holy day. Bottom line is, so long as you observe one, God doesn't care when it is.
You'll note that, though He adjures the Hebrews to celebrate a Sabbath, He does not specify which it is to be. Nor does the New Testament anywhere say that the day you observe as the sabbath in any way determines the validity of your salvation. That's another issue, altogether.

Answer 9

The sabbath is Saturday. The Lord's Day is Sunday. You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Answer 10

the early Christians had Saturday for there sabbath.GOD made the sabbath on a Saturday.man changed it to Sunday. its in the 10 commandants that we must obey .so every Christan should go by GODS sabbath.not man.if someone tell you it don't matter there a liar.GOD does not change.and he did not give any one permission to change the day that he gave to us.GOD bless

Answer 11

It doesn't matter, as Jesus said, The sabbath is made for man and not man for the sabbath. At least that was his excuse when he got caught breaking the Jewish sabbath of Saturday.