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There are only eight texts in the New Testament that mention the first day of the week. (The term “Sunday” is not in the Bible) The first five texts deal only with Jesus’ resurrection:<\/p>\nThere are only eight texts in the New Testament that mention the first day of the week. (The term “Sunday” is not in the Bible) The first five texts deal only with Jesus’ resurrection:<\/p>\n
In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.<\/em>\u00a0 Matthew 28:1<\/p>\n And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. \u00a0<\/em>Mark 16:2<\/p>\n Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.<\/em>\u00a0 Mark 16:9<\/p>\n Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.<\/em>\u00a0 Luke 24:1<\/p>\n The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.\u00a0<\/em> John 20:1<\/p>\n We will now discuss the last three of these texts:<\/p>\n Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. \u00a0<\/em>John 20:19<\/p>\n At this point in time, the disciples didn’t even believe that the resurrection had taken place (Mark 16:14). They had met in the upper room for “fear of the Jews” and had the doors bolted shut. There is no indication that they thought of Sunday as a holy day.<\/p>\n And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.<\/em>\u00a0 Acts 20:7<\/p>\n According to the Bible, each day begins at sundown and ends at the next sundown. (Genesis 1:5, etc, and Leviticus 23:32) The dark part of the day comes first. Sabbath begins Friday night at sundown and ends Saturday night at sundown. This meeting was held on the dark part of Sunday, or on what we now call Saturday night because Paul was “ready to depart on the morrow.” (The New English Bible puts Acts 20:7 like this: “on the Saturday night of our assembly . . .”) The meeting lasted all night, interrupted only briefly at midnight by Eutychus’ fall from the window and a meal. Paul was on a farewell tour and knew that he would not see the people again before his death (verse 25). No wonder he preached so long. (No regular weekly service would have lasted all night.) The “breaking of bread” has no “holy day” significance whatever, because they broke bread daily. (Acts 2:46) This expression merely means that they ate a meal together. On the day following this meeting (Sunday), the group of missionaries travelled on to their next destination – Paul walking, the others sailing by ship – which they would not have done if it had been considered a holy day. There is no indication in this Scripture passage that the first day is holy, nor that these early Christians considered it so. Nor is there the remotest evidence that the Sabbath had been changed. The Bible refers to Sunday as a “working day” in Ezekiel 46:1. God has never asked anyone to observe Sunday as a holy day for any reason whatever.<\/p>\n Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.<\/em>\u00a0 1 Corinthians 16:2<\/p>\n There is no reference here to a public meeting. The money was to be laid aside privately at home. There was a famine in Judea (Rom. 15:25; Acts 11:26-30) and Paul was writing to ask the churches in Asia Minor to send some relief funds to their needy brothers. These Christians all kept Sabbath holy, so Paul suggested that on Sunday morning, after the Sabbath was over (which was the time they paid bills and settled accounts) they put aside something so it would be on hand when he came. Notice also that there is no reference here to Sunday as a holy day. In fact, the Bible nowhere suggests or commands Sunday-keeping.<\/p>\n I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, \u00a0. . .<\/em>\u00a0 Revelation 1:10<\/p>\n Here is another verse that is often misunderstood. Contrary to what many Christians believe and teach, and what many Bible margins and notes show, “the Lord’s day” spoken about here is not Sunday; it is Sabbath, the 7th day, Saturday.<\/p>\n And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath.<\/em>\u00a0 Mark 2:27-28<\/p>\n God made the Sabbath holy at the time of creation. It has been kept throughout history and will be kept in the New Earth.<\/p>\n For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.<\/em>\u00a0 Isaiah 66:22-23<\/p>\n God made the 7th day holy at the time of creation and called it the Sabbath. It is the true Lord’s Day.<\/p>\n He didn’t bless any other day.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are only eight texts in the New Testament that mention the first day of the week. (The term “Sunday” is not in the Bible) The first five texts deal only with Jesus’ resurrection: In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene … <\/p>\n