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This says don't do ANY work on the Sabbath. And specifically not to carry a load on the Sabbath.The mat is not a load (Which would be regarded as carrying out manual labor). It is merely his sleeping mat. Nobody who carries a sleeping mat does so with the intention of carrying out physical labor. Well, unless one is a sleep doctor or something. But I don't think they had those back then.
Besides, even if it was a violation (Which it wasn't),
"...the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day." (Matthew 12:8).
"I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me." (John 5:30).
Jeremiah 17:21-22
This is what the Lord says: Be careful not to carry a load on the Sabbath day or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem.
22 Do not bring a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.
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