In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukka' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukka!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!
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Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the pagoda, or the wigwam, there is a hideous aspect which we execrate and a sublime aspect which we venerate . So great a subject for spiritual contemplation, such measureless dreaming -- the echo of God on the human wall!
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Luke 13:14:
Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, 'There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.'
(NIV)
But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, There are six days on which work ought to be done; so come on those days and be cured, and not on the Sabbath day. [Exod. 20:9, 10.](AMP)
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
(KJV)
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If ever a man could have felt the church to be unnecessary, he was Jesus. Yet he did not stay away form the church of his day. It was his custom to go to the synagogue on the Sabbath, and he made many trips to the temple.
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Acts 13:14:
From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the synagogue and sat down.
(NIV)
But they [themselves] came on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue there and sat down.
(AMP)
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
(KJV)
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Acts 17:10:
As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.
(NIV)
Now the brethren at once sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea; and when they arrived, they entered the synagogue of the Jews.
(AMP)
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
(KJV)
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Acts 17:1:
When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
(NIV)
NOW AFTER [Paul and Silas] had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
(AMP)
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
(KJV)
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Acts 17:2:
As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
(NIV)
And Paul entered, as he usually did, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned and argued with them from the Scriptures,
(AMP)
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
(KJV)
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Mark 3:1:
Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there.
(NIV)
AGAIN JESUS went into a synagogue, and a man was there who had one withered hand [as the result of accident or disease].
(AMP)
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
(KJV)
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Mark 1:21:
They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.
(NIV)
And they entered into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He went into the synagogue and began to teach.
(AMP)
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
(KJV)
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Mark 1:29:
As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.
(NIV)
And at once He left the synagogue and went into the house of Simon [Peter] and Andrew, accompanied by James and John.
(AMP)
And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
(KJV)
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Luke 4:16:
He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read
(NIV)
So He came to Nazareth, [that Nazareth] where He had been brought up, and He entered the synagogue, as was His custom on the Sabbath day. And He stood up to read.
(AMP)
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
(KJV)
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