Are the Ten Commandments repeated in the New Testament?
Here is a partial chart for the occurrence of commandments in the Old and New Testaments.
(1) Do not worship any other gods | Exod. 20:2-3; Deut. 5:7 | Matt. 4:10; 1 Cor. 8:4-6 |
(2) Do not make idols | Exod. 20:4-6; Deut. 5:8-10 | Acts 17:29-30; 1 John 5:21 |
(3) Do not use LORD’s name in vain | Exod. 20:7; Deut. 5:11 | Matt. 6:9; 1 Tim. 6:1 |
(4) Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy | Exod. 20:8-11; Deut. 5:12-15 | |
(5) Honor your father and your mother | Exod. 20:12; Deut. 5:16 | Matt. 19:19; Eph. 6:1-2 |
(6) Do not murder | Exod. 20:13; Deut. 5:17 | Rom. 13:9; 1 Pet. 4:15 |
(7) Do not commit adultery | Exod. 20:14; Deut. 5:18 | Rom. 13:9; 1 Cor. 6:9-10 |
(8) Do not steal | Exod. 20:15; Deut. 5:19 | Matt. 19:18; Eph. 4:28 |
(9) Do not give false testimony | Exod. 20:16; Deut. 5:20 | Matt. 19:18; Rev. 21:8 |
(10) Do not covet | Exod. 20:17; Deut. 5:21 | Rom. 13:9; Col. 3:5 |
With the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus from the dead (John 20:1-10), there was a magnificent change in redemptive history; on the first day of the week, Jesus was raised for the justification of his people (Rom. 4:23-25). So, while God rested on the seventh day after his work of creation (cf. Gen. 1:1-2:3), it is on the first day of the week that Christ rose from the dead after his finished work of providing re-creation for his people (2 Cor. 5:17; cf. Isa. 43:18, 19; Ezek. 36:26; John 3:3; Rom. 6:4 Gal. 6:15).
In addition, first-day Sabbaths were not unheard of under the old covenant (Lev. 23:7, 15-21). In a matter of speaking, the changing of the Sabbath day is similar to water baptism replacing circumcision that was foreseen in the old covenant (1 Cor. 10:1-2; cf. Col. 2:11-12).Sunday is now the Lord’s day of worship and rest for his church. “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it” (Psa. 118:24).
Dr. Joseph R. Nally, Jr., D.D., M.Div. is the Theological Editor at Third Millennium Ministries (Thirdmill).