Abstract:
This study aims to investigate the Sabbath in the Bible and the implications that it has
brought to the people of God. Also, we will study Jesus´s position regarding the
Sabbath. The first chapter explores the Sabbath in the Old Testament period, in
order to understand the value of this institution in the times of Jesus. In the second
chapter, we will do an exegesis of the Gospel of Mark (2:23-28), in which a
discussion between Jesus and the Pharisees about the Sabbath is reported. The
conflicts of Jesus, in the Gospels, regarding the Sabbath revolve almost solely
around what things were allowed to do or not allowed to do on that day. All texts deal
with cures on the Sabbath, with the exception of Mark 2:23-28. We will analyze the
position of Jesus in relation to the Sabbath, based on this pericope, for Jesus
establishes this one as the primary matrix for understanding all the other texts on the
Sabbath. We finish by presenting the advent of Sunday as the day to commemorate
the resurrection of Jesus. The day of the resurrection became special for the memory
of the first Christians and for the Christian Church.
