Patriarchs, Rabbis, and Sabbath
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Justin Martyr, in his argument with Trypho the Jew,' cites Adam, Abel, Enoch, Lot, Noah, and Melchizedek as examples of ancients who were uncircumcized but approved by God, and then he adds: "Moreover, all those righteous men already mentioned, though they kept no Sabbaths, were pleasing to God; and after them Abraham with all his descendents until Moses. . . . ' 2 The assertion that none of the pre-Mosaic saints kept the Sabbath, made in support of Justin's primary point that the Sabbath was only a temporary requirement limited to the Jews, imposed because of their weakness, is repeated by Justin several
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