Raw Cross-Testament Parallels Output¶
Study: law-33-calendar-continuity¶
Question: Can we identify which day of the modern week is the biblical seventh-day Sabbath?¶
MRK 15:42 -- OT Parallels¶
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HYBRID ANALYSIS OT PARALLELS FOR: MRK 15:42
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Glosses: And already evening having arrived since it was [the] Preparation that is the day before Sabbath...
--- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
Reference Hybrid Sem Key Theo Key Terms / Theological Phrases
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Leviticus 23:32 0.396 0.68 0.20 0.00 even, sabbath
Nehemia 13:15 0.368 0.62 0.20 0.00 even, sabbath
Exodus 16:26 0.367 0.67 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Exodus 20:8 0.365 0.67 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Chronica_II 31:3 0.364 0.61 0.20 0.00 even, sabbath
Leviticus 23:16 0.355 0.65 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Leviticus 23:15 0.354 0.65 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Genesis 1:23 0.354 0.66 0.10 0.00 even
Jeremia 6:4 0.354 0.65 0.10 0.00 even
Psalmi 92:1 0.353 0.64 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Leviticus 25:4 0.351 0.64 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Chronica_I 23:30 0.350 0.65 0.10 0.00 even
Genesis 1:19 0.350 0.65 0.10 0.00 even
Exodus 16:25 0.349 0.64 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Genesis 1:8 0.347 0.64 0.10 0.00 even
MRK 15:42 -- NT Parallels¶
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HYBRID ANALYSIS NT PARALLELS FOR: MRK 15:42
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Glosses: And already evening having arrived since it was [the] Preparation that is the day before Sabbath...
--- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
Reference Hybrid Sem Key Theo Key Terms / Theological Phrases
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LUK 23:54 0.504 0.86 0.20 0.00 preparation, sabbath
MRK 2:28 0.384 0.65 0.20 0.00 even, sabbath
MAT 28:1 0.384 0.71 0.10 0.00 sabbath
JHN 9:14 0.377 0.69 0.10 0.00 sabbath
MRK 15:33 0.372 0.68 0.10 0.00 arriv
JHN 5:9 0.370 0.68 0.10 0.00 sabbath
JHN 19:31 0.362 0.59 0.20 0.00 preparation, sabbath
JHN 19:14 0.353 0.63 0.10 0.00 preparation
MAT 12:8 0.351 0.64 0.10 0.00 sabbath
MAT 27:62 0.350 0.63 0.10 0.00 preparation
MRK 2:27 0.346 0.63 0.10 0.00 sabbath
JHN 20:19 0.345 0.64 0.10 0.00 even
ACT 13:44 0.344 0.63 0.10 0.00 sabbath
LUK 24:1 0.342 0.68 0.00 0.00
MRK 16:2 0.342 0.68 0.00 0.00
LUK 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 / Theological Phrases
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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 23:32 0.317 0.52 0.20 0.00 cease, 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
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
Chronica_I 9:29 0.307 0.55 0.10 0.00 oil
Chronica_II 31:3 0.307 0.55 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Leviticus 25:4 0.305 0.55 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Exodus 35:8 0.304 0.55 0.10 0.00 oil
Nehemia 13:15 0.302 0.54 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Key finding: The top OT parallels for "rested the sabbath day according to the commandment" connect to Sabbath commandment passages (Neh 9:14, Lev 23:32) and Sabbath observance (Num 28:9-10, Neh 13:15).
LUK 23:56 -- NT Parallels¶
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HYBRID ANALYSIS NT 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 / Theological Phrases
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LUK 24:1 0.420 0.69 0.20 0.00 prepar, spice
MRK 16:1 0.401 0.67 0.20 0.00 sabbath, spice
REV 18:13 0.358 0.58 0.20 0.00 oil, spice
LUK 6:1 0.351 0.64 0.10 0.00 sabbath
ACT 17:2 0.334 0.61 0.10 0.00 sabbath
JHN 9:14 0.330 0.60 0.10 0.00 sabbath
MRK 15:42 0.325 0.59 0.10 0.00 sabbath
MRK 2:23 0.321 0.58 0.10 0.00 sabbath
MRK 3:4 0.320 0.58 0.10 0.00 sabbath
MRK 2:27 0.318 0.57 0.10 0.00 sabbath
ACT 13:14 0.316 0.57 0.10 0.00 sabbath
LUK 23:54 0.315 0.57 0.10 0.00 sabbath
MRK 6:13 0.313 0.57 0.10 0.00 oil
MAT 12:1 0.313 0.56 0.10 0.00 sabbath
MAT 25:4 0.311 0.56 0.10 0.00 oil
Key finding: LUK 23:56 parallels directly with LUK 24:1 (the next verse chronologically -- Sabbath rest followed by first-day-of-week visit to tomb) and MRK 16:1 (the parallel resurrection account).
LUK 24:1 -- OT Parallels¶
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HYBRID ANALYSIS OT PARALLELS FOR: LUK 24:1
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Glosses: The however first [day] of the week dawn very early to the tomb they came bringing...
--- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
Reference Hybrid Sem Key Theo Key Terms / Theological Phrases
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Samuel_I 29:10 0.307 0.55 0.10 0.00 early
Daniel 6:20 0.305 0.54 0.10 0.00 dawn
Genesis 19:27 0.290 0.52 0.10 0.00 early
Reges_I 17:6 0.280 0.56 0.00 0.00
Jesaia 41:25 0.276 0.55 0.00 0.00
Genesis 21:14 0.275 0.49 0.10 0.00 early
Samuel_I 17:16 0.275 0.48 0.10 0.00 early
Judices 6:28 0.272 0.48 0.10 0.00 early
Hosea 6:4 0.271 0.48 0.10 0.00 early
Ezechiel 45:25 0.268 0.53 0.00 0.00
Jeremia 7:25 0.267 0.46 0.10 0.00 early
Iob 38:12 0.266 0.45 0.10 0.00 dawn
Genesis 28:18 0.265 0.47 0.10 0.00 early
Deuteronomium 16:4 0.262 0.51 0.00 0.00
Judices 21:4 0.260 0.45 0.10 0.00 early
LUK 24:1 -- NT Parallels¶
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HYBRID ANALYSIS NT PARALLELS FOR: LUK 24:1
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Glosses: The however first [day] of the week dawn very early to the tomb they came bringing...
--- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
Reference Hybrid Sem Key Theo Key Terms / Theological Phrases
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MRK 16:2 0.503 0.79 0.30 0.00 early, tomb, week
MAT 28:1 0.462 0.64 0.40 0.00 came, dawn, tomb, week
LUK 23:56 0.420 0.69 0.20 0.00 prepar, spice
JHN 20:1 0.393 0.57 0.30 0.00 early, tomb, week
MRK 16:9 0.373 0.59 0.20 0.00 early, week
LUK 23:54 0.359 0.71 0.00 0.00
MRK 15:42 0.342 0.68 0.00 0.00
MRK 16:1 0.336 0.60 0.10 0.00 spice
JHN 20:19 0.325 0.51 0.20 0.00 came, week
LUK 24:22 0.316 0.44 0.30 0.00 early, however, tomb
JHN 9:14 0.313 0.62 0.00 0.00
JHN 8:2 0.306 0.55 0.10 0.00 came
MRK 1:32 0.304 0.54 0.10 0.00 bring
JHN 19:39 0.303 0.54 0.10 0.00 came
ACT 10:10 0.299 0.47 0.20 0.00 however, prepar
Key finding: All four Gospel resurrection accounts (MRK 16:2, MAT 28:1, JHN 20:1) appear as top parallels, confirming the consistent "first day of the week" identification across all Gospels.
ACT 13:14 -- OT Parallels¶
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HYBRID ANALYSIS OT PARALLELS FOR: ACT 13:14
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Glosses: They now having passed through from - Perga came to Antioch - of Pisidia and...
--- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
Reference Hybrid Sem Key Theo Key Terms / Theological Phrases
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Nehemia 13:15 0.337 0.59 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Nehemia 13:16 0.305 0.55 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Numeri 15:32 0.299 0.52 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Samuel_I 14:21 0.299 0.60 0.00 0.00
Jeremia 29:2 0.296 0.59 0.00 0.00
Judices 18:12 0.295 0.58 0.00 0.00
Exodus 16:25 0.293 0.51 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Jeremia 17:27 0.293 0.50 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Reges_I 2:41 0.293 0.59 0.00 0.00
Reges_II 22:14 0.292 0.58 0.00 0.00
Chronica_II 24:17 0.290 0.53 0.10 0.00 down
Chronica_I 9:3 0.289 0.58 0.00 0.00
Leviticus 24:8 0.289 0.50 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Judices 20:19 0.289 0.58 0.00 0.00
Joel 4:1 0.288 0.57 0.00 0.00
ACT 13:14 -- NT Parallels¶
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HYBRID ANALYSIS NT PARALLELS FOR: ACT 13:14
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Glosses: They now having passed through from - Perga came to Antioch - of Pisidia and...
--- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
Reference Hybrid Sem Key Theo Key Terms / Theological Phrases
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LUK 4:16 0.467 0.66 0.40 0.00 came, into, sabbath, synagogue
MRK 1:21 0.464 0.73 0.30 0.00 into, sabbath, synagogue
ACT 18:19 0.443 0.70 0.30 0.00 came, into, synagogue
LUK 6:6 0.432 0.67 0.30 0.00 into, sabbath, synagogue
ACT 17:1 0.431 0.67 0.30 0.00 came, synagogue, through
ACT 11:27 0.419 0.70 0.20 0.00 antioch, down
MAT 12:9 0.401 0.67 0.20 0.00 into, synagogue
ACT 14:1 0.387 0.64 0.20 0.00 into, synagogue
ACT 14:24 0.383 0.55 0.30 0.00 came, pisidia, through
ACT 17:10 0.381 0.62 0.20 0.00 into, synagogue
ACT 13:13 0.379 0.62 0.20 0.00 came, perga
JHN 8:2 0.368 0.57 0.30 0.00 came, down, into
JHN 4:45 0.366 0.55 0.30 0.00 came, gone, into
ACT 18:22 0.364 0.60 0.20 0.00 antioch, down
MRK 1:29 0.363 0.54 0.30 0.00 came, into, synagogue
Key finding: ACT 13:14 (Paul in synagogue on Sabbath) parallels directly with LUK 4:16 (Jesus's Sabbath synagogue custom), MRK 1:21, and LUK 6:6 -- showing Paul's Sabbath practice mirrored Jesus's.
ACT 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 / Theological Phrases
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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
Exodus 16:25 0.326 0.59 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Nehemia 10:32 0.325 0.59 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Daniel 6:11 0.321 0.59 0.10 0.00 three
Chronica_II 23:8 0.321 0.58 0.10 0.00 sabbath
Samuel_I 13:2 0.321 0.59 0.10 0.00 three
Key finding: Paul's Sabbath custom (ACT 17:2, "three Sabbaths") parallels OT Sabbath passages including Neh 9:14 ("madest known unto them thy holy sabbath"), Neh 13:17 (Sabbath enforcement), and Exo 16:25 (manna Sabbath).
ACT 18:4 -- NT Parallels¶
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HYBRID ANALYSIS NT PARALLELS FOR: ACT 18:4
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Glosses: He was reasoning now in the synagogue on every Sabbath persuading both Jews and...
--- HYBRID MATCHES (semantic + keyword + phrase + theological) ---
Reference Hybrid Sem Key Theo Key Terms / Theological Phrases
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ACT 17:17 0.535 0.88 0.30 0.00 jew, reason, synagogue
LUK 13:10 0.454 0.77 0.20 0.00 sabbath, synagogue
JHN 5:16 0.451 0.78 0.20 0.00 jew, sabbath
ACT 14:1 0.450 0.71 0.30 0.00 greek, jew, synagogue
ACT 19:8 0.447 0.69 0.30 0.00 persuad, reason, synagogue
ACT 15:21 0.445 0.75 0.20 0.00 sabbath, synagogue
ACT 13:43 0.421 0.65 0.30 0.00 jew, persuad, synagogue
JHN 5:18 0.420 0.72 0.20 0.00 jew, sabbath
LUK 6:6 0.420 0.71 0.20 0.00 sabbath, synagogue
ACT 18:19 0.419 0.64 0.30 0.00 jew, reason, synagogue
MRK 6:2 0.411 0.70 0.20 0.00 sabbath, synagogue
1CO 1:22 0.405 0.68 0.20 0.00 greek, jew
MRK 1:21 0.402 0.68 0.20 0.00 sabbath, synagogue
1CO 10:32 0.399 0.66 0.20 0.00 greek, jew
LUK 4:15 0.399 0.73 0.10 0.00 synagogue
Key finding: "every Sabbath" in ACT 18:4 parallels with ACT 15:21 ("every sabbath day" in the synagogues), confirming the ongoing, predictable weekly Sabbath in the NT church.
Raw output from cross_testament_parallels_v2.py --hybrid-ot and --hybrid-nt for key verses Retrieved: 2026-02-26