tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post5722481950264044003..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: The Christian Sabbath and an Example of the Lexical Fallacy - Acts 20:7Turretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-67533375688709849302009-04-13T17:32:00.000+01:002009-04-13T17:32:00.000+01:00Well, of course, there was one weekly sabbath per ...Well, of course, there was one weekly sabbath per week. That's just the way the weekly sabbath worked.<BR/><BR/>Also, the Passover itself was a sabbath: the fourteenth day of the first month.<BR/><BR/>However, the fifteenth day was the feast of unleavened bread, which was also a sabbath of sorts:<BR/><BR/>Leviticus 23:6-7<BR/>6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-28796623291470282332009-04-12T00:46:00.000+01:002009-04-12T00:46:00.000+01:00I'm just curious. How many sabbaths were there the...I'm just curious. How many sabbaths were there the week Jesus was crucified,buried and resurrected?Strong Towerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834108238546908018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-8838567352505835532009-04-10T22:35:00.000+01:002009-04-10T22:35:00.000+01:00Yes, Hebraisms (borrowing words from Hebrew) were ...Yes, Hebraisms (borrowing words from Hebrew) were very uncommon in ancient Greek.<BR/><BR/>Greek literature never used "Sabbaths" because it is a borrow word from another language.<BR/><BR/>It's a bit like saying that the Ancient Romans didn't use the term "Starbucks" to refer to coffee - and then concluding that a 21st century Italian must mean something else by the term.<BR/><BR/>-TurretinFanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-70830264537465978202009-04-10T21:43:00.000+01:002009-04-10T21:43:00.000+01:00Here's a lovely argument I just found on the same ...Here's a lovely argument I just found on the same topic from Lon Martin of the "Congregation of Yehovah":<BR/><BR/>Ancient Greek literature never used “first of the Sabbaths” to mean “first day of the week”!<BR/><BR/>Etymological anachronism, anyone?<BR/><BR/>This particular individual made the same excessive use of our very Strong friend to make his rock-solid case.brigandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00262703402386137537noreply@blogger.com