Joh 9:14 | RWP | e4.org | Now it was the sabbath ( ην δε σαββατον ). Literally, "Now it was a sabbath" (no article). To the Pharisees this fact was a far more important matter than whether or how the thing was done. See Volumes I and II for discussions of the minute Sabbath regulations of the rabbis.

‏ John 9:14

Now it was the sabbath ( ην δε σαββατον ). Literally, "Now it was a sabbath" (no article). To the Pharisees this fact was a far more important matter than whether or how the thing was done. See Volumes I and II for discussions of the minute Sabbath regulations of the rabbis.