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Raw Cross-Testament Parallels Output

Study: law-27-sabbath-still-in-effect

Date: 2026-02-26


Acts 17:2 -> OT Parallels

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  HYBRID ANALYSIS OT PARALLELS FOR: ACT 17:2
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  Glosses: According to now the custom - with Paul he went in to them and for Sabbaths...

  --- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
  Reference              Hybrid  Sem   Key   Theo  Key Terms
  ---------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- -------------------
  Nehemia 9:14           0.364   0.67  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Chronica_II 23:4       0.344   0.63  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Nehemia 10:34          0.338   0.61  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Nehemia 13:17          0.336   0.61  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Chronica_I 9:32        0.335   0.61  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Genesis 40:12          0.331   0.61  0.10  0.00  three
  Reges_II 11:5          0.329   0.60  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Daniel 8:14            0.329   0.60  0.10  0.00  three
  Chronica_II 31:3       0.326   0.59  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Nehemia 13:15          0.326   0.59  0.10  0.00  sabbath

Acts 17:2 -> NT Parallels

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  HYBRID ANALYSIS NT PARALLELS FOR: ACT 17:2
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  --- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
  Reference              Hybrid  Sem   Key   Theo  Key Terms
  ---------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- -------------------
  ACT 19:6               0.393   0.71  0.10  0.00  paul
  LUK 4:16               0.389   0.65  0.20  0.00  custom, sabbath
  MRK 2:24               0.379   0.70  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  LUK 6:5                0.377   0.69  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  ACT 28:15              0.376   0.62  0.20  0.00  paul, three
  PHP 1:1                0.374   0.69  0.10  0.00  paul
  LUK 24:45              0.370   0.67  0.10  0.00  scripture
  MAT 12:2               0.365   0.67  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  ACT 21:18              0.365   0.66  0.10  0.00  paul
  ACT 21:11              0.364   0.66  0.10  0.00  paul

Notable: Luke 4:16 shows the highest keyword overlap (custom + sabbath), connecting Paul's synagogue Sabbath habit directly to Jesus's identical pattern described by the same vocabulary.


Hebrews 4:9 -> OT Parallels

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  HYBRID ANALYSIS OT PARALLELS FOR: HEB 4:9
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  Glosses: So then there remains a Sabbath rest for the people - of God...

  --- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
  Reference              Hybrid  Sem   Key   Theo  Key Terms
  ---------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- -------------------
  Leviticus 24:8         0.372   0.74  0.00  0.00
  Exodus 16:26           0.365   0.73  0.00  0.00
  Leviticus 26:35        0.358   0.72  0.00  0.00
  Nehemia 10:34          0.357   0.71  0.00  0.00
  Exodus 31:16           0.355   0.71  0.00  0.00
  Leviticus 23:32        0.354   0.71  0.00  0.00
  Exodus 20:10           0.352   0.70  0.00  0.00
  Jeremia 17:21          0.351   0.70  0.00  0.00
  Nehemia 13:22          0.351   0.70  0.00  0.00
  Exodus 20:8            0.350   0.70  0.00  0.00

Notable: All top parallels are Sabbath-institution passages (Exo 31:16, Exo 20:8-10, Lev 23:32), confirming the semantic field of sabbatismos points to the weekly Sabbath institution.


Hebrews 4:9 -> NT Parallels

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  HYBRID ANALYSIS NT PARALLELS FOR: HEB 4:9
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  --- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
  Reference              Hybrid  Sem   Key   Theo  Key Terms
  ---------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- -------------------
  MRK 2:28               0.375   0.74  0.00  0.00
  MAT 12:8               0.358   0.70  0.00  0.00
  LUK 13:14              0.341   0.68  0.00  0.00
  JHN 19:31              0.332   0.61  0.10  0.00  remain
  MAT 24:20              0.328   0.66  0.00  0.00
  MRK 15:42              0.328   0.66  0.00  0.00
  LUK 6:5                0.327   0.64  0.00  0.00
  1TH 4:15               0.325   0.59  0.10  0.00  remain
  ACT 2:47               0.322   0.60  0.00  0.00
  MRK 2:27               0.321   0.64  0.00  0.00

Notable: Mark 2:27-28 (Sabbath made for man, Son of Man lord of the Sabbath) is the top NT parallel, reinforcing the creation-based, universally-scoped Sabbath.


Revelation 14:12 -> OT Parallels

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  HYBRID ANALYSIS OT PARALLELS FOR: REV 14:12
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  Glosses: Here the endurance of the saints is those keeping the commandments - of God...

  --- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
  Reference              Hybrid  Sem   Key   Theo  Key Terms
  ---------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- -------------------
  Nehemia 12:45          0.342   0.56  0.20  0.00  commandment, keep
  Deuteronomium 28:9     0.328   0.54  0.20  0.00  commandment, keep
  Reges_I 8:61           0.321   0.51  0.20  0.00  commandment, keep
  Reges_II 23:3          0.319   0.51  0.20  0.00  commandment, keep
  Numeri 3:28            0.316   0.58  0.10  0.00  keep
  Nehemia 1:5            0.315   0.50  0.20  0.00  commandment, keep
  Nehemia 10:30          0.313   0.51  0.20  0.00  commandment, keep
  Nehemia 9:32           0.311   0.56  0.10  0.00  keep
  Daniel 9:4             0.309   0.49  0.20  0.00  commandment, keep
  Chronica_I 29:19       0.307   0.49  0.20  0.00  commandment, keep

Notable: Consistently matches OT "keep commandments" passages (Deut 28:9, 1 Ki 8:61, 2 Ki 23:3, Neh 1:5, Dan 9:4), showing Revelation's end-time saints are characterized by the same full commandment-keeping found throughout the OT.


Isaiah 66:23 -> NT Parallels

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  HYBRID ANALYSIS NT PARALLELS FOR: Jesaia 66:23
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  Glosses: and be from sufficiency month in month and from sufficiency sabbath in...

  --- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
  Reference              Hybrid  Sem   Key   Theo  Key Terms
  ---------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- -------------------
  MRK 2:28               0.363   0.66  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  MAT 24:20              0.361   0.66  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  MAT 12:8               0.353   0.64  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  LUK 14:5               0.350   0.64  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  MAT 12:11              0.343   0.62  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  LUK 13:15              0.340   0.61  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  LUK 6:5                0.330   0.58  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  LUK 6:9                0.330   0.60  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  LUK 13:14              0.329   0.59  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  MRK 2:27               0.328   0.60  0.10  0.00  sabbath

Notable: All top NT parallels are Sabbath passages from the Gospels, confirming the prophetic continuity: the same Sabbath observed by Jesus (Mk 2:27-28) extends into Isaiah's eschatological vision.


Luke 23:56 -> OT Parallels

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  HYBRID ANALYSIS OT PARALLELS FOR: LUK 23:56
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  Glosses: Having returned then they prepared spices and anointing oils And on the indeed
  Sabbath they rested according to...

  --- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
  Reference              Hybrid  Sem   Key   Theo  Key Terms
  ---------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- -------------------
  Numeri 28:9            0.328   0.53  0.20  0.00  oil, sabbath
  Nehemia 9:14           0.326   0.53  0.20  0.00  commandment, sabbath
  Leviticus 14:26        0.319   0.58  0.10  0.00  oil
  Chronica_II 2:14       0.318   0.58  0.10  0.00  oil
  Leviticus 23:32        0.317   0.52  0.20  0.00  cease, sabbath
  Numeri 4:16            0.316   0.57  0.10  0.00  oil
  Nehemia 13:5           0.313   0.51  0.20  0.00  commandment, oil
  Numeri 28:10           0.309   0.56  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Leviticus 25:6         0.308   0.55  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Exodus 30:25           0.307   0.48  0.20  0.00  oil, spice

Notable: Nehemiah 9:14 appears prominently (commandment + sabbath), confirming that Luke's reference to "the commandment" (kata ten entolen) points to the Sabbath commandment of the Decalogue.


Matthew 24:20 -> OT Parallels

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  HYBRID ANALYSIS OT PARALLELS FOR: MAT 24:20
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  Glosses: Pray however that not might be the flight of you in winter nor on a Sabbath...

  --- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
  Reference              Hybrid  Sem   Key   Theo  Key Terms
  ---------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- -------------------
  Reges_II 4:23          0.376   0.69  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Jeremia 17:21          0.372   0.68  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Leviticus 25:4         0.367   0.67  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Jeremia 17:27          0.365   0.67  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Leviticus 23:32        0.365   0.67  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Nehemia 2:4            0.363   0.67  0.10  0.00  pray
  Nehemia 13:19          0.362   0.66  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Jesaia 66:23           0.361   0.66  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Exodus 20:10           0.360   0.66  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  Exodus 16:25           0.357   0.65  0.10  0.00  sabbath

Notable: Isaiah 66:23 appears among top matches, creating a prophetic bracket: Jesus's near-future prophecy (AD 70) and Isaiah's far-future prophecy (new earth) both presuppose ongoing Sabbath observance.


Exodus 31:16 -> NT Parallels

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  HYBRID ANALYSIS NT PARALLELS FOR: Exodus 31:16
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  Glosses: and keep son Israel the sabbath to make the sabbath for their generations
  covenant eternity...

  --- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
  Reference              Hybrid  Sem   Key   Theo  Key Terms
  ---------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- -------------------
  MRK 2:28               0.389   0.71  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  ACT 15:21              0.383   0.65  0.20  0.00  age, sabbath
  MAT 12:8               0.368   0.67  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  MRK 2:27               0.362   0.66  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  LUK 13:16              0.360   0.66  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  LUK 6:5                0.358   0.65  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  LUK 6:2                0.356   0.65  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  HEB 4:9                0.355   0.71  0.00  0.00
  HEB 8:8                0.352   0.64  0.10  0.00  covenant
  MAT 12:2               0.351   0.64  0.10  0.00  sabbath

Notable: Acts 15:21 appears 2nd (0.383, keywords: "age" + "sabbath"), connecting the "perpetual covenant" of Exo 31:16 with the Jerusalem Council's assumption that Moses is read "every sabbath" in the synagogues (Acts 15:21). Also, Heb 4:9 appears (0.355), confirming the NT sabbatismos links back to the OT sabbath covenant.


Ezekiel 20:12 -> NT Parallels

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  HYBRID ANALYSIS NT PARALLELS FOR: Ezechiel 20:12
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  Glosses: and even sabbath give to to be to sign interval and...

  --- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
  Reference              Hybrid  Sem   Key   Theo  Key Terms
  ---------------------- ------- ----- ----- ----- -------------------
  MRK 2:28               0.390   0.66  0.20  0.00  even, sabbath
  LUK 6:2                0.351   0.64  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  MAT 12:8               0.342   0.62  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  MRK 2:24               0.341   0.62  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  MAT 12:2               0.341   0.62  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  JHN 9:16               0.338   0.55  0.20  0.00  sabbath, sign
  MRK 2:27               0.338   0.61  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  MAT 12:5               0.334   0.61  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  LUK 6:5                0.332   0.60  0.10  0.00  sabbath
  MRK 15:42              0.324   0.53  0.20  0.00  even, sabbath

Notable: John 9:16 appears with both "sabbath" and "sign" keywords (0.338), creating a cross-testament link where the Sabbath-as-sign (Eze 20:12) intersects with Jesus's Sabbath healing as a sign (Jhn 9:16).


Tool: cross_testament_parallels_v2.py --hybrid-ot/--hybrid-nt [VERSE] --topn 10 Generated: 2026-02-26