Why not on the sabbath day?

[smokeman]

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

I understand the winter but not the sabbath day....

[Rebel Hog]

ORIGINAL: smokeman

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

I understand the winter but not the sabbath day....

No one went to the Tomb on the Sabbath Day!

[Goose 11]

Let me preface my answer by pointing out that I believe this eventwas accomplishedin A.D. 70. When Titus, led the Roman army into Jerusalem. I believe there were two questions asked in Matthew 24:3, "When will these things be?" and "When will you return?" The "these things" question refers to the destruction of the Temple, and the second question refers to the second coming of Christ. The first had signs, Luke 21:20. The second will have NO signs, Matthew 24:36. So my answer is based ona different understanding then that of some others.

1. On the Sabbath day, many would be "resting" staying indoors and unaware of the outside trouble.
2. Some who would have fought, may have just laid down and died if they were afraid to break the sabbath laws. The disciples needed the time they could gain by the fighting of these Jewish men to get out of the area.

Trae

[Alex The Hawk]

The Law prohibits traveling on the sabbath.

[smokeman]

ORIGINAL: Alex The Hawk

The Law prohibits traveling on the sabbath.

I don't know anyoneor any preacher or priest that wouldn't travel on the sabbath day...I would think that everyone would of broke this law....Where does it say this in the KJV...

I would think Goose11 would have the right answer..

1. On the Sabbath day, many would be "resting" staying indoors and unaware of the outside trouble...Or it would be because they know that most would be at church and more surrounded and harder to escape as it would be in the winter...
Does anyone else have anysuggestions to this???

[cataway]

ORIGINAL: smokeman

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

I understand the winter but not the sabbath day....

is what Jesus said at Matthew 24:20 as proof that Christians would observe the

sabbath. "Keep praying that your flight may not occur in wintertime, nor on the

sabbath day." It should be borne in mind that Jesus was speaking to Jewish followers

who were well acquainted with the great difficulty in trying to travel on the sabbath day

because of the restrictions that kept Jews within 2,000 cubits of their cities on that day.

It was Jesus"™ custom to illustrate his teachings with things with which the people of

his day were thoroughly familiar. In this instance he chose the great difficulty anyone

of that time would have in trying to travel a great distance in Palestine during the winter

or on the sabbath. Flight to safety should therefore be done before the time arrives

when it is next to impossible. His advice was followed by Christians shortly before

Jerusalem"™s destruction in A.D. 70. They did not stay in the city until the Roman

armies under Titus had surrounded it, preventing anyone from fleeing, but they fled

before it was too late. Jesus"™ use of the sabbath and of wintertime as illustrations

forcefully put his point across to his Jewish listeners, but it does not prove that

Christians were expected to keep the sabbath in future ages. Sabbath observance was

not even being discussed here. There is no evidence in Jesus"™ words to prove that

Christians are obligated to observe the sabbath.