Question Box - Good News Staff - October 1961

Good News Staff

Question: What is the significance of the "Sabbath Day's journey" mentioned in Acts 1:12? Answer: The "Sabbath Day's journey" - which is not a Bible command but a rabbinical measurement - amounted to approximately three-fifths of a mile. It was the distance which the Jews allowed one to travel on foot on the Sabbath Day. Acts 1:12 mentions this distance not as a command to follow, but as a well-known and commonly used Jewish unit for measuring distance. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library