Acts 15: 21 reports that in the first century C.E., such reading was done on every Sabbath, and the Mishnah shows that by the second century, there were also Torah readings on the second and fifth days of the week.
यीशु जहाँ रहता था उस स्थान में सब्त बाइबल - पठन कार्यक्रमों के लिए उपस्थित होना उसका रिवाज़ था । — लूका ४: १६ - २१.