Bible Verses About Sabbath

His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind;

but how it is that he can see now, we don’t know; nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him — he’s old enough, he can speak for himself!”

The parents said this because they were afraid of the Judeans, for the Judeans had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged Yeshua as the Messiah would be banned from the synagogue.

This is why his parents said, “He’s old enough, ask him.”

So a second time they called the man who had been blind; and they said to him, “Swear to God that you will tell the truth! We know that this man is a sinner.”

He answered, “Whether he’s a sinner or not I don’t know. One thing I do know: I was blind, now I see.”

So they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

“I already told you,” he answered, “and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Maybe you too want to become his talmidim?”

Then they railed at him. “You may be his talmid,” they said, “but we are talmidim of Moshe!

We know that God has spoken to Moshe, but as for this fellow — we don’t know where he’s from!”

“What a strange thing,” the man answered, “that you don’t know where he’s from — considering that he opened my eyes!

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners; but if anyone fears God and does his will, God does listen to him.

In all history no one has ever heard of someone’s opening the eyes of a man born blind.

If this man were not from God, he couldn’t do a thing!”

“Why, you mamzer!” they retorted, “Are you lecturing us?” And they threw him out.

It was Preparation Day, and the Judeans did not want the bodies to remain on the stake on Shabbat, since it was an especially important Shabbat. So they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Miryam from Magdala went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

but Miryam stood outside crying. As she cried, she bent down, peered into the tomb,

and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Yeshua had been, one at the head and one at the feet.

“Why are you crying?” they asked her. “They took my Lord,” she said to them, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”

As she said this, she turned around and saw Yeshua standing there, but she didn’t know it was he.

Yeshua said to her, “Lady, why are you crying? Whom are you looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you’re the one who carried him away, just tell me where you put him; and I’ll go and get him myself.”

Yeshua said to her, “Miryam!” Turning, she cried out to him in Hebrew, “Rabbani!” (that is, “Teacher!”)

In the evening that same day, the first day of the week, when the talmidim were gathered together behind locked doors out of fear of the Judeans, Yeshua came, stood in the middle and said, “Shalom aleikhem!”

A week later his talmidim were once more in the room, and this time T’oma was with them. Although the doors were locked, Yeshua came, stood among them and said, “Shalom aleikhem!”