Matthew 24:20

On the sabbath day (peculiar to St. Matthew, the Jewish evangelist). Alford says, 'That they were not said as any sanction of observance of the Jewish sabbath is most certain; but merely as referring to positive impediments which might meet them on that day, the shutting of the gates of cities, etc., and their own scruples about travelling further than the ordinary sabbath day's journey (about a mile English); for the Jewish Christians adhered to the Law till the destruction of Jerusalem' (see Intro. § 6).