The early church didn't gather on the first day of the week...
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1Th 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
2Th 3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
2Th 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Seems telling to me that Paul practiced what he preached...
Act 18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
Act 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome
and came unto them.
Act 18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Act 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
He worked as a tentmaker and preached on the Sabbath.
2Th 3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
2Th 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Seems telling to me that Paul practiced what he preached...
Act 18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
Act 18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome
and came unto them. Act 18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Act 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
He worked as a tentmaker and preached on the Sabbath.
It was Paul's custom that when he went to a new town he found the synagogue, for that is where the Jews would naturally congregate and there he preached, reasoned them Christ and His NT out of the scripture. So Paul preached everywhere he went anytime he could but formal, corporate worship was on Sunday, first day of the week.
Ats 28:7-Paul would tarry 7 days so he could be with the disciples on the first day of the week per Acts 20:7, the Lord's Day as he did in Acts 20:6,7 and Acts 21:4.
Both would have past.
As one commentator noted "Matthew has "At the end of the sabbaths (plural)" which recognizes the fact of their having been back-to-back sabbaths due to the 15th of Nisan falling on a Friday. Mark's mention of only one (Sabbath) is characteristic, just as he mentioned the healing of only one blind man at Jericho (Mark 10:46), whereas there were actually two (Matthew 20:30); and just as he mentioned only the colt (Mark 11:2), whereas both the colt and its mother were brought (Matthew 21:2); and just as he mentioned only one angel (Mark 16:5), whereas there were two (Luke 24:4). Inherent in Mark's purpose of composing a short, abbreviated Gospel was the necessity for leaving out a great many things that could have been related."
Coffman Commentary
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Scuba my brother in Christ,
Let me try to define my point this way. Back in the day, way back when the gospel was given also to the gentiles we had a mixture of cultures. We had those of Jewish tradition and we had non Jewish mixing together to hear the good news. Because those of Jewish tradition kept the Sabbath (on Saturday) the early church would meet on Sunday (and through out the week). So the early gentile Christians basically made it tradition to meet on Sunday. Thus Sunday became the "holy" day of the Christian church. If we stick to the ceremonial laws of God Saturday would be the Sabbath. But the finished work of Christ deleted all ceremonial laws of God and man. Thus making the Saturday Sabbath in a way obsolete.
One thing that the finished work of Christ did not do was delete the moral laws of God. God will not change His moral laws.
Now the Sabbath is also a moral law in that God knew we as humans would need a day to "refresh" from a week of work. So we still need to obey that law and give a day to God away from our 9-5 grind. But since we became under the New Covenant, the day gentiles gathered was Sunday I believe God honors that because to the gentiles that day became holy.
The Jewish traditional Sabbath is Saturday the gentile traditional Sabbath is Sunday.
I have no problem either way because no matter if we are not of Jewish tradition or of Jewish tradition we still give God, His day.
Brother let's not tear each other up over this. Let's build each other up so one day we can meet in the presence of God, give a high five and say "Praise God in the highest!"....Together.
Let me try to define my point this way. Back in the day, way back when the gospel was given also to the gentiles we had a mixture of cultures. We had those of Jewish tradition and we had non Jewish mixing together to hear the good news. Because those of Jewish tradition kept the Sabbath (on Saturday) the early church would meet on Sunday (and through out the week). So the early gentile Christians basically made it tradition to meet on Sunday. Thus Sunday became the "holy" day of the Christian church. If we stick to the ceremonial laws of God Saturday would be the Sabbath. But the finished work of Christ deleted all ceremonial laws of God and man. Thus making the Saturday Sabbath in a way obsolete.
One thing that the finished work of Christ did not do was delete the moral laws of God. God will not change His moral laws.
Now the Sabbath is also a moral law in that God knew we as humans would need a day to "refresh" from a week of work. So we still need to obey that law and give a day to God away from our 9-5 grind. But since we became under the New Covenant, the day gentiles gathered was Sunday I believe God honors that because to the gentiles that day became holy.
The Jewish traditional Sabbath is Saturday the gentile traditional Sabbath is Sunday.
I have no problem either way because no matter if we are not of Jewish tradition or of Jewish tradition we still give God, His day.
Brother let's not tear each other up over this. Let's build each other up so one day we can meet in the presence of God, give a high five and say "Praise God in the highest!"....Together.
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Well stated!! May I add to this?
Act 20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
Act 20:7 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.
Here in Acts 20:7 we find again a misphrase. It should read "upon the first Sabbath", which as shown by context of the previous verse is talking about the Feast of Unleavened Bread. There is no "the" in Greek and the translators added this word.
Also we have Mark 16:2 which states "Mar 16:2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. "
Again there is no "the" in the Greeek and was added by translators (KJV always puts words that are added in italics). and the phrase "first day of the week" is again just like Acts 20:7 should have read "first of Sabbaths" which is the beginning count from the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Shavuot/Pentecost, the counting of 7 Sabbaths plus 1 day.
Also, I want to challenge someone's comment that there are never two Sabbaths in a row, back to back. That is not true. Looking at the Hillell II calendar I find that the 15th of the first month falls on a Sunday in 2008, that is to say it falls immediately after the weekly Sabbath which was Nisan 14. There you have the weekly Sabbath and the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a High Sabbath, back to back.
Act 20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.
Act 20:7 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.
Here in Acts 20:7 we find again a misphrase. It should read "upon the first Sabbath", which as shown by context of the previous verse is talking about the Feast of Unleavened Bread. There is no "the" in Greek and the translators added this word.
Also we have Mark 16:2 which states "Mar 16:2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. "
Again there is no "the" in the Greeek and was added by translators (KJV always puts words that are added in italics). and the phrase "first day of the week" is again just like Acts 20:7 should have read "first of Sabbaths" which is the beginning count from the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Shavuot/Pentecost, the counting of 7 Sabbaths plus 1 day.
Also, I want to challenge someone's comment that there are never two Sabbaths in a row, back to back. That is not true. Looking at the Hillell II calendar I find that the 15th of the first month falls on a Sunday in 2008, that is to say it falls immediately after the weekly Sabbath which was Nisan 14. There you have the weekly Sabbath and the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a High Sabbath, back to back.