08/24/2026
. KEEPING THE SABBATH IN
THE BOOK OF ACTS
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There are many Scriptures that verify THE SABBATH DAY being THE 7th DAY of the week. All throughout the 'New testament', the first day of the week is called "The First Day Of The Week" and THE 7th DAY Of The Week is called "THE SABBATH". This fact alone should prove when THE SABBATH Truly Is.
However, let us examine The Pattern of the disciples after The Resurrection In The Book Of Acts to determine what day that they attended SABBATH SERVICES and what day they expected others to observe. We will keep a count of how Many Times THE SABBATH is observed.
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ACTS 17:1
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{1} (NKJV) Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
(2) Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for βοΈTHREEβοΈSABBATHSβοΈ reasoned with them from The Scriptures,
(3) explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and [saying], "This π€π€π€
π€/YAHWAH whom I preach to you IS THE MESSIAH."
(4) And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.
Here we see that Paul went to A βοΈSABBATHβοΈ SERVICE where there were both Jews and Greeks. The scripture also mentions that this was A REGULAR βοΈCUSTOMβοΈ of Paul. Was this also THE βοΈCUSTOMβοΈ OF π€π€π€
π€/YAHWAH THE MESSIAH?
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{16} So HE/MESSIAH came to Nazareth, where HE/MESSIAH had been brought up. And as HIS βοΈCUSTOMβοΈ was, HE/MESSIAH went into The Synagogue On THE βοΈSABBATHβοΈDAY, and stood up to read.
So here we can see that 22 years after THE DEATH and RESURRECTION OF MESSIAH the disciples were attending SABBATHβοΈSERVICES. In no place do we see Paul or any other disciple teaching them that they should come back the next day for a 'First Day Of The Week' Service. But they went to THREEβοΈSABBATH SERVICES where there were both Jews and Greeks present. So then The Doctrine that says the Jews have their day (THEβοΈ7THβοΈDAY) and the Gentiles have their day (the 1st day) is foreign to scripture.
Some would argue that Paul was at the synagogue only because that is where he would find people to witness to...not to observe THE SABBATH. But the scripture does not say that. This is an assumption that those who refuse the simplicity of The Scriptures want to make, not one that the scriptures support. Again, THE βοΈSEVENTHβοΈDAY is called "THE βοΈSABBATHβοΈDAY" in this passage.
So lets see where we are at now..
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ACTS 13:13
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SEVENTH DAY - 3x's | FIRST DAY SABBATH - 0x's
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ACTS 13
{13} Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.
(14) But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE βοΈSABBATHβοΈDAY and sat down.
{15} And after The Reading Of THE LAW/TOW'RAH and the Prophets, the rulers of The Synagogue sent to them, saying, "Men [and] brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on."
So here is Another Example where Paul and the other disciples came to The Synagogue in Perga to attend THEβοΈSABBATHβοΈSERVICE.
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ACTS 13:42
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SEVENTH DAY - 4x's | FIRST DAY SABBATH - 0x's
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A little later in the chapter, after Paul shares π€π€π€
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ACTS 13
{42} So when the Jews went out of THE SYNAGOGUE, tThe Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them THEβοΈNEXTβοΈSABBATH.
Now here is A PERFECT Situation for Paul to tell these Gentiles "Hey just come back tomorrow, we keep THE SABBATH on the first day now!" But we don't see this written anywhere in scripture.
(43) Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them To Continue In The Grace Of π€π€π€
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(44) On THE NEXTβοΈSABBATHβοΈ almost the whole city came together to hear The Word Of π€π€π€
π€/YAHWAH.
So here is THEπ₯FIFTHπ₯TIME that The Disciples attended A SABBATHβοΈSERVICE On The Day That π€π€π€
π€/YAHWAH Sanctified At Creation.
AGAIN, THE SEVENTHβοΈDAY IS CALLED "THE βοΈSABBATHβοΈ" in this passage.
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ACTS 16:11
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SEVENTH DAY - 5x's | FIRST DAY SABBATH - 0x's
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ACTS 16
{11} Therefore, sailing from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and the next [day] came to Neapolis,
(12) and from there to Philippi, which is the foremost city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city for some days.
(13) And on THEβοΈSABBATHβοΈDAY we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met [there].
It was THE CUSTOM Of The Jews Of That Day for the rabbi to shut down the synagogue if there were not at least 10 men that would show up for THEβοΈSABBATH βοΈMEETING. This could very well be why there were women meeting by the riverside for prayer.
Nevertheless, we see that the disciples sought a place to meet for THEβοΈSABBATH and they did. Again, THE SEVENTHβοΈDAY is called "THEβοΈSABBATHβοΈDAY" in this passage.
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ACTS 18:1
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SEVENTH DAY - 6x's | FIRST DAY SABBATH - 0x's
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ACTS 18
{1} After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.
(2) And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome); and he came to them.
(3) So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers.
(4) And he reasoned In THEβοΈSYNAGOGUE EVERY βοΈSABBATHβοΈ, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
So we see that he worked on the other days as a tentmaker...but on THEβοΈSABBATH He was not working. And here again we see that both Jews and Greeks are in THE SYNAGOGUE and on THE βοΈSABBATHβοΈ. Paul also is among them attending THE βοΈSABBATHβοΈSERVICES.
The interesting thing about this verse is that instead of THE SCRIPTURE saying that they attended only ONE or THREE SABBATH SERVICES, it says that he was there βοΈEVERYβοΈSABBATH persuading BOTH JEWS and GREEKS. Again, THEβοΈSEVENTHβοΈDAY IS CALLED "THEβοΈSABBATH" in this passage so we know that we can at least count one. Let's do that..
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ACTS 18:1
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SEVENTH DAY - 7x's | FIRST DAY SABBATH - 0x's
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Now if Paul was in Corinth and was reasoning in THE π₯SYNAGOGUE EVERYβοΈSABBATH, if we could find out how long he stayed in Corinth then we would know how MANYβοΈSABBATHS he actually attended. Let's look furthur..
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ACTS 18
{5} When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to The Jews [that] π€π€π€
π€/YAHWAH IS THE MESSIAH (HA-MASHIACH).
(6) But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook [his] garments and said to them, "Your blood [be] upon your [own] heads; I [am] clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
(7) And he departed from there and entered the house of a certain [man] named Justus, [one] who worshiped ELOHIYM, whose house was next door to THE SYNAGOGUE.
(8) Then Crispus, The Ruler Of THE SYNAGOGUE, believed on The Master with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were BAPTIZED.
(9) Now π€π€π€
π€/YAHWAH spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent;
(10) "FOR I AM WITH YOU, AND NO ONE WILL ATTACK YOU TO HURT YOU; for I have many people in this city."
(11) AND he CONTINUED THERE A YEAR π₯AND π₯SIX π₯MONTHS, teaching The Word Of ELOHIYM among them.
A 1 YEAR AND SIX MONTHS! Finally the ruler of The Synagogue was converted to π€π€π€
π€(Yahwah) The Messiah (Ha-Mashiach). and Paul was there A Year And Six months!
So the scripture says that Paul was there βοΈEVERY βοΈSABBATHβοΈ and that he was there for A YEAR And SIX MONTHS.
If we counted this by our present calendar that would give us 52βοΈSABBATHS IN ONE YEAR PLUS 26 βοΈSABBATHSβοΈ in the following Six Months which gives us a total of βοΈ78βοΈSABBATHSβοΈ!
Now lets add this to our present total:
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SEVENTH DAY - 85x's | FIRST DAY SABBATH - 0x's
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SO WE CAN SEE THAT THE DISCIPLES OBSERVED THEβοΈSABBATH AND ATTENDED A βοΈSABBATHβοΈ SERVICE 85βοΈTIMES IN THE BOOK OF ACTS ALONE!
LET ME REPEAT, THE SEVENTHβοΈDAY IS CALLED "THEβοΈSABBATH" IN THIS PASSAGE.
Now how many times do we see them meeting together on the first day? Some would cite one example in Acts 20. Let's examine the text...
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ACTS 20:6
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ACTS 20
{6} But we sailed away from Philippi after The Days Of Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.
(7) NOW ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK,
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IN THE GREEK SEPTUAGINT VERSE #7 SAYS
(7) Mon Ton SHABBATON, TRANSLATED
(7) On ONEβοΈOFβοΈTHEβοΈSABBATHSβοΈ
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when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart The Next Day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.
Here we see an example of the disciples gathering together on THEβοΈSABBATHβοΈDAY of the week.
We know that Paul was ready to depart The Next Day, The First Day Of The Week.
According to verse 7, Paul spoke On A βοΈSABBATHβοΈDAY,
ACTS 2:44 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common,
(45) and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need.
(46) So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
(47) praising π€π€π€
π€/YAHWAH and having favor with all the people. And π€π€π€
π€/YAHWAH added to the assembly daily those who were being saved.
According to this scripture, breaking bread was not an uncommon thing to do on a daily basis. It was one of the customs in those days to eat their 'daily bread'. Even in The Prayer Of π€π€π€
π€/YAHWAH HA-MASHIACH HE said "Give us this day our daily bread".
SO WE CAN CONFIRM THAT THIS SCRIPTURE IN ACTS 20 IS A SABBATHβοΈDAY Observance, Because Of VERY BAD ENGLISH TRANSLATION.
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ACTS 20:6
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Acts 20:6 But we sailed away from Philippi after The Days Of Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.
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(7) Now on the first day of the week,
THE ABOVE IS MISTRANSLATED
IN THE GREEK IT SAYS
(7) MON TON SHABBATON,
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AS
(7) ON ONE OF THEβοΈSABBATHS
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In fact, nowhere does it say that The First Day Of The Week Is THE SABBATH. BUT THEβοΈ7THβοΈDAY OF THE WEEK IS ALWAYS CALLED "THEβοΈSABBATH" IN THE 'NEW TESTAMENT.'
There is not a single verse that tells us that the Ten Commandments Are Not To Be Kept. And there is not a single verse that prophesied either of these two events occurring!
THE SCRIPTURES DECLARE THEβοΈSEVENTHβοΈDAY TO BE THEβοΈSABBATH.
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SO WE SEE THAT THE 7TH DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE 4TH COMMANDMENT. SUNDAY SABBATH IS BREAKING THE 4TH COMMANDMENT
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There is also evidence that the early disciples kept THE SABBATH on THE TRUE DAY, THE 7TH DAY:
"The primitive Christians did keep THE SABBATH of the Jews;.therefore the Christians for a long time together, did keep their conventions on THE SABBATH, in which some portion of THE LAW were read: and this continued till the time of the Laodicean council." The Whole Works of Jeremey Taylor, Vol. IX, p416 (R. Heber's Edition, Vol.XII, p.416)
"The ancient Christians were very careful in Ohe Observation Of Saturday, or THE SEVENTH DAY, THE SABBATH is plain that all the Oriental churches, and the greatest part of the world, observed THE SABBATH as a festival...
Athanasius likewise tells us that they held religious assemblies on THE SABBATH, not because they were infected with Judaism, but to worship [π€π€π€
π€ (Yahwah) Ha-Mashiach], the [Master] OF THE SABBATH, Epiphanius says the same." Antiquities of the Christian Church, Vol. II, Book XX, chap. 3, Sec. 1, 66.1137, 1138
"Ambrose, the celebrated bishop of Milan, said that when he was in Milan he observed Saturday, but when in Rome observed Sunday. This gave rise to the proverb 'When you are in Rome, do as Rome does,' " Heylyn, The History of the Sabbath, 1613
Constantine later enforced keeping a Sabbath on the first day of the week, which he calls "the venerable day of the sun." Venerable means 'commanding respect'.
The text of Constantine's Sunday Law of 321 A.D. is:
"One the venerable day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country however persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits because it often happens that another day is not suitable for gain-sowing or vine planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost."
This doesn't even really sound like THE SABBATH OF π€π€π€
π€ (Yahwah) which forbids any kind of work at all on HIS Day!
Later, those who Observed THE SABBATH Were Persecuted And Killed By The Catholic Church (The Jesus People). When The Jesuit St. Francis Xavier arrived in India he immediately requested to the pope to set up The Inquisition There.
"The Jewish wickedness" of which Xavier complained was evidently THE SABBATH-keeping among those native Christians as we shall see in our next quotation.
When one of these SABBATH-keeping Christians was taken by the Inquisition he was accused of having *Judaized*; which means having conformed to the ceremonies of THE MOSAIC LAW; such as not eating PORK, HARE, RABBIT, fish without scales, of having attended the solemnization of THE SABBATH." Account of the Inquisition at Goa, Dellon, p.56. London, 1815
"Of an hundred persons condemned to be burnt as Jews, there are scarcely four who profess that faith at their death; the rest exclaiming and protesting to their last gasp that they are Christians, and have been so during their whole lives." Ibid p.64
Today, some of the leading Baptists even have admitted that The Sunday Sabbath isn't in the scriptures:
"There Was and Is A Commandment To Keep SET/APART THE SABBATH DAY,
but THAT SABBATH DAY was not on 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. Of course, We know that Sunday did come into use in early Christian history as a religious day, as we learn from the Christian Fathers and other sources. But what a pity that it comes branded with the mark of paganism, and christened with the name of a sun god, when adopted and sanctioned by the papal apostasy, and bequeathed as a sacred legacy to Protestantism!" Dr. Edward Hiscox, author of The Baptist Manual
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