Baptist Catechism, Question 64
Question 64
Which Day of the Seven hath God appointed to be the Weekly Sabbath?
Before the Refurrection of Christ, God appointed the Seventh Day of the Week to be the Weekly Sabbath, and the First Day of the Week ever since, to continue to the End of the World, which is the Christian Sabbath.
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Exodus 20:8-118Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Deuteronomy 5:12-1412Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
13Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
14but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
Psalms 118:2424This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Matthew 28:11After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
Mark 2:27-2827Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
28Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Mark 16:22Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.
Luke 24:11On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
Luke 24:30-3630While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.
31Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.
32They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
33And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, gathered together
34and saying, “The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon!”
35Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.
36While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
John 20:11Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
John 20:19-2119It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
20After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
21Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
John 20:2626Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
Acts 1:33After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
Acts 2:1-21When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
2Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Acts 20:77On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
1 Corinthians 16:1-21Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
2On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
Revelation 1:1010On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
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