How was it decided that either Saturday or Sunday was the Sabbath?

Question

Does the Bible specify somewhere which day name correlates with the seventh day when he rested?

I still fail to see an answer that says where the Bible, rather than popular societal convention, dictates which day name corresponds with the seventh day.

Answer 1

Paul said that it didn't matter which day of the week that you called "holy", all that mattered was your intent to honor God (Romans 14:5-12; Colossians 2:16-17 ). Therefore you can worship on any day that you choose.

Jesus arose on the first day of the week (Mark 16: 2 & 9; Luke 24:1; John 20:1 &19), and Paul seemed to preach on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7), so Christians traditionally worship on Sunday.

Answer 2

The word Sabbath comes from the Hebrew shabbath, meaning day of rest. Flavius Josephus, an oft-quoted scholar who lived during the first century after Christ, stated that the Sabbath was a day “set apart from labour [and] dedicated to the learning of our customs and laws” so that the people might learn a good thing and avoid sin (The Complete Works of Josephus, enlarged-type ed., trans. William Whiston [1987], 338). It is interesting to me how closely this definition parallels the scriptural basis for honoring the Sabbath.

What is the origin of the Sabbath day? Some mistakenly think it originated with Moses when he gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments. Moses did, however, give us new insight into proper Sabbath observance. The fourth commandment, recorded in Exodus, chapter 20, consists of 94 words, as compared to some of the other commandments which consist of only four words:

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

“Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

“But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it” (Ex. 20:8–11).

Elder Bruce R. McConkie (1915–85) stated that Sabbath observance is an eternal principle, and he noted five occurrences in the scriptures when observance of the Sabbath day was required by the Lord:

• “From the day of Adam to the Exodus from Egypt, the Sabbath commemorated the fact that Christ rested from his creative labors on the 7th day (Ex. 20:8–11).”

• “From the Exodus to the day of [Christ’s] resurrection, the Sabbath commemorated the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage (Deut. 5:12–15).”

• “From the days of the early apostles to the present, the Sabbath has been the first day of the week, the Lord’s Day, in commemoration of the fact that Christ came forth from the grave on Sunday (Acts 20:7).”

• “The Latter-day Saints keep the first day of the week as their Sabbath … because the Lord so commanded them by direct revelation (D&C 59).” This revelation was given on Sunday, 7 August 1831.

• “Sabbath observance was a sign between ancient Israel and their God whereby the chosen people might be known (Neh. 13:15–22; Isa. 56:1–8; Jer. 17:19–27; Ezek. 46:1–7)” (Mormon Doctrine, 658; emphasis in original).

The Sabbath day has been observed on both Saturday and Sunday. Today, most worship the Sabbath on Sunday to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus. Unfortunately, many also get hung up on the idea that the Sabbath must be on Saturday and ignore other more important doctrines and principles of the gospel.

I know that was kind of long, but I hope it helps.

Answer 3

The Bible states that God rested on the 7th day. The Sabbath symbolizes the day God rested after declaring his creation good. While God was creating the earth, the days had no names. Humans later named the 7th day of the week Saturday. The Bible does not mention the names for days of the week because they were a human invention.

Answer 4

God decided it the Bible says it in Exodus 16:4,5

Exodus 16 God rains manna from Heaven 6 days a week but on the Sabbath day he did not rain any manna. This went on for 40 years continuously, the jews have been keepin it since then.

In addition Luke 23-24 says Jesus died the day before the Sabbath and rose from the dead the day after Sabbath.

Answer 5

No, as the names of the days we use now came much later. All it says in the Bible is that the Sabbath is the 7th Day. Actually, it's Friday at sunset till Saturday at sunset, as the Jews followed a Lunar Calendar, as far as their religion is concerned. It was later changed to Sunday due to the day being an important day of worship for Pagans who worshipped the Sun Gods of their cultures.

Answer 6

Yom Shabbat is from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset.

Believers enter into His rest (sabbath) by faith now.

Every day is Holy unto God.


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Heb 4:4-11
For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.

6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Answer 7

Saturday was the traditional Jewish Sabbath (although they didn't refer to it as Saturday). It's not stated in the Bible since the current days of the week were named long after the Bible was written, and may just be arbitrary as well. In English (Since English is primarily a combination of German and French; French being a derivative of Latin) the days of the week are named after a combination of Cecestial Bodies, and Roman and Norse Gods. As you can see: Sun-Day, Moon-Day, Tyr's-Day, Woden's-Day, Thor's-Day, Frigg's-Day, Saturn-Day.

Answer 8

God set it up.... he told moses... and the Sabbath was, and still is, based on the Jewish calander... The Fourth Commandment Sabbath is the Jewish Shabbott.... and that is from sundown on Fiday untill dundown on Saturday.... It was the Roman Catholic cult that decreed Sunday to be the day... and those who split from The RCs just kept on using that day.... But the True Sabbath is the Jewish Shabbott.

Christ did not void the Ten Commandments...so the 4th is still binding.

Answer 9

No. You'd have to follow the ancient Jewish calendar to get the right day of worship.

Sabbath was never abolished. Jesus kept the Sabbath and so did his disciples.

However, whenever the gospel was preached to the gentiles a lot of those requirements really didn't apply to them or Jewish believers for that matter.

The sabbath was meant for man. The sabbath was merely a day to take a break and enjoy God.

Things such as which day etc. is silly. Just take a rest.

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--

Answer 10

God rested on the 7th day-Saturday.
This is the jewish sabbath.
Jesus rose on a sunday. The disciples worshipped on the first day of the week. Says in Act.
So the sabbath is Sat. and Christians worship on sunday. It's all good.