What can a study of marks gospel tell Christians of various denominations about the meaning and importance of the Sabbath?
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Ao1 What can a study of marks gospel tell Christians of various denominations about the meaning and importance of the Sabbath? In the Jewish belief, the Sabbath is a holy day, a day of rest. They do not work or do anything involving work. It is a day spent with family and friends. They practice this by visiting the synagogue with their family friends and other worshippers and pray to God. For the Jews, the Sabbath day is special for a lot of different reason. They celebrate it because during the creation of the world, god rested on this day. The celebration of the Sabbath initially came from the 10 commandments. The third commandment is "You shall remember and keep the Sabbath day holy." Jesus changed the meaning of the Sabbath by stating something very important, his disciples and he where picking ears of corn one day, which happened to be the day of...

