Luke 5:33–6:16. FOCUS. Did Jesus fast and observe the Sabbath?

Published on

16 April 2026

Author

Edmund Leung

How does fasting and the Sabbath fit into Jesus’s mission? Did Jesus fast? Why didn’t his disciples fast like John the Baptist’s disciples did? And did Jesus observe the Sabbath when he taught on the Sabbath?

Listen to a talk given to FOCUS on 16th April 2026.

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