# Epistle of Barnabas 15.1

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:392; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 340–407 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/15/1/

Summary: The commandment to keep the Sabbath holy.

## Greek text

Ἔτι οὖν καὶ περὶ τοῦ σαββάτου γέγραπται ἐν τοῖς δέκα λόγοις, ἐν οἷς ἐλάλησεν ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σινᾶ πρὸς Μωϋσῆν κατὰ πρόσωπον· Καὶ ἁγιάσατε τὸ σάββατον κυρίου χερσὶν καθαραῖς καὶ καρδίᾳ καθαρᾷ.

## English translation (Claude)

Further, then, concerning the Sabbath also it is written in the Ten Words, in which he spoke face to face to Moses on Mount Sinai: “And sanctify the Sabbath of the Lord with clean hands and a clean heart.”

## Scripture references

- Exod 20:8: allusion, high confidence
- Deut 5:12: allusion, high confidence
- Ps 24:4 (23:4 LXX): allusion, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- The words “with clean hands and a clean heart” are added from Ps 24:4.

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 15.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/15/1/).