{Colossians 2:2-8}

You said that:

“As for being faithful to the Greek there is has been a discovery with strong evidence [proving] that all four of the Gospels were originally written in Hebrew (from the idioms and other language barriers), and I don’t know but, Luke also wrote Acts so it may have also been originally written in Hebrew as well.”

Is this a recent discovery? If so, I was wondering what the source of this information was. This is very interesting!

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As for being faithful to the Greek there is has been a discovery with strong evidence [proving] that all four of the Gospels were originally written in Hebrew (from the idioms and other language barriers), and I don’t know but, Luke also wrote Acts so it may have also been originally written in Hebrew as well.

The “first day of the week” would indeed start on Saturday night, but that doesn’t mean that everywhere that phrase is used, Saturday night is in mind. I believe a literal rendering of the Greek would be something like “the first [day] from the Sabbath” (in other words, not the Sabbath). You might want to look into that. As it is used in John 20, it appears that the disciples met later on the same day Jesus rose from the dead, and it is still called, “the first day of the week” (both when the women went to the tomb, and when the disciples gathered many hours later). Thus, I don’t think it is faithful to the Greek to say “Motza’ei Shabbat” in Acts 20 (or any other passage where that phrase occurs). That would be an assumption, an interpretation, but not necessarily accurate.

When the text reads “the first day of the week” it means “the first day of the week”, however that may be anywhere from late Saturday evening to early Sunday evening.

Jocelyn, I am delighted to hear you did some sort of observation of Channukah this year.
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As having done lots of research myself – if you want to email me about anything (or links) you’re most welcome to. :)

No, actually Saturday Shabbat wasn’t changed to Sunday for about 300 years later when you were persecuted if you identified in any way with anything “Jewish” when the ‘church’ was established. Robin Sampson wrote a bit about why it was changed here http://heartofwisdom.com/biblicalholidays/?p=87

Acts 20:7 – On Motza’ei-Shabbat, when we were gathered to break bread, Sha’ul addressed them. Since he was going to leave the next day, he kept talking until midnight.

This Motza-ei Shabbat is the end of Shabbat, on Saturday night, in which they do a special meal to officially end the Day of Rest. They would have been eating and observing Shabbat until 6-8pm on from “late Saturday night” to Sunday “morning”. We don’t realize that “the first day of the week” early Sunday in the Scriptures is actually our Saturday night since Yahweh’s days go from evening to morning, not the other way around.

Hello. I’m always encouraged by your posts, and clearly respect what you write. However, some of what you have said does not sit right with me. Let me ask you a question,

You said “He wants his people to worship in him the way and on the days he set apart and appointed.”

God said the Sabbath was to be observed on the 7th day, yet according to the book of Acts, the disciples met on the first day of the week to worship. According to what you said, they should not have b/c it was not written.
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Correction: Not Jewish holy-days. They are Yah’s [Scriptural] feasts and appointed times. He gave them to anyone called by his name. Me!!!! Me!!! Oh, this included the Egyptians [ie: not Jews] that had left Egypt with the Hebrews too.

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