This is why, throughout Jewish and Christian history, the Sabbath has been conceived as a day for miracles and healing. In Exodus 16:17–18, for example, the Israelites experience the manna miracle on the Sabbath day. We see the connection between Sabbath and shalom in the Gospels when Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath. Jesus asks, “Why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath?” (John 7:23). Sabbath is about wholeness. Those in the temple courts might have forgotten this, but Jesus certainly had not.
Healing & miracles
