How does a Christian keep the Sabbath Holy?

Grace911 · May 8, 2023

Note the word "day" is added by the translators in KJV.

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 the MKJV it is stated correctly.

Act 20:7 And on the first of the sabbaths, the disciples having been assembled to break bread, being about to depart on the morrow, Paul reasoned to them. And he continued his speech until midnight.

This verse in Act 20:7 is speaking of the counting of the Feast of Weeks. Each Sabbath after the Passover, you count 7 Sabbaths until you reach 49 days (also known as counting the Omer). The 1st of THE SABBATHS IS Day 1 of counting the Omer.

The Feast of Weeks
Lev 23:15 And you shall count to you from the next day after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete.
Lev 23:16 To the next day after the seventh sabbath you shall number fifty days. And you shall offer a new food offering to Jehovah.

The Christian proof text fails to hold up that is was the 1st day of the week (ie Sunday) when it was actually a Sabbath (ie Friday sundown to Saturday sundown). Paul preached into the Sunday, when he was free to travel because the Sabbath had passed.

Cameron143 · May 8, 2023

Grace911 said:

Note the word "day" is added by the translators in KJV.

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 the MKJV it is stated correctly.

Act 20:7 And on the first of the sabbaths, the disciples having been assembled to break bread, being about to depart on the morrow, Paul reasoned to them. And he continued his speech until midnight.

This verse in Act 20:7 is speaking of the counting of the Feast of Weeks. Each Sabbath after the Passover, you count 7 Sabbaths until you reach 49 days (also known as counting the Omer). The 1st of THE SABBATHS IS Day 1 of counting the Omer.

The Feast of Weeks
Lev 23:15 And you shall count to you from the next day after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete.
Lev 23:16 To the next day after the seventh sabbath you shall number fifty days. And you shall offer a new food offering to Jehovah.

The Christian proof text fails to hold up that is was the 1st day of the week (ie Sunday) when it was actually a Sabbath (ie Friday sundown to Saturday sundown). Paul preached into the Sunday, when he was free to travel because the Sabbath had passed.

Translating day and Sabbath leads to alot of questions. Matthew 28:1 could, by your logic, be translated...in the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first of the sabbaths...

Inquisitor · May 8, 2023

Grace911 said:

Note the word "day" is added by the translators in KJV.

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 the MKJV it is stated correctly.

Act 20:7 And on the first of the sabbaths, the disciples having been assembled to break bread, being about to depart on the morrow, Paul reasoned to them. And he continued his speech until midnight.

This verse in Act 20:7 is speaking of the counting of the Feast of Weeks. Each Sabbath after the Passover, you count 7 Sabbaths until you reach 49 days (also known as counting the Omer). The 1st of THE SABBATHS IS Day 1 of counting the Omer.

The Feast of Weeks
Lev 23:15 And you shall count to you from the next day after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete.
Lev 23:16 To the next day after the seventh sabbath you shall number fifty days. And you shall offer a new food offering to Jehovah.

The Christian proof text fails to hold up that is was the 1st day of the week (ie Sunday) when it was actually a Sabbath (ie Friday sundown to Saturday sundown). Paul preached into the Sunday, when he was free to travel because the Sabbath had passed.

Your translation poses a problem.

Act 20:7 And on the first of the sabbaths, the disciples having been assembled to break bread...

What does the 'first of the sabbaths' mean?

That is the same as saying, on the first of the Saturdays?

Grace911 · May 8, 2023

Inquisitor said:

This is no "ordinary" sabbaths. It is part of the LORD's commanded Feasts found in Leviticus 23, known as the Feast of Weeks where we are counting to day 50 (7 weeks of 7 days plus 1 day). The 50th day is Pentecost. The day the Holy Spirit was given. Unlike the tradition of the Jews, who start counting on Nisan 16 (which can be any day of the week), the scripture says the first Sabbath after Passover (Nisan 14). Feast of Unleavened bread starts on Nisan 15 til Nisan 21.

Jesus died on a Wednesday Passover 14th day of the first month. Again, a Wednesday.

On the first Sunday after Passover is called Wave Sheath day where the firstfruits of the Barley Harvest is presented to YHWH. If you will remember, Jesus told Mary not to touch Him because He had not yet gone to present Himself to my God and your God.

The first Sabbath after Wave Sheath day is Nisan (first month) and day 24. This begins on Friday at sundown and continues until Saturday sundown.

The next Sabbath is 1st day of the 2nd month (Iyar) and is the 2nd of the sabbaths.

The next Sabbath is 8th day of the 2nd month and is the 3rd of the sabbaths.

The next Sabbath is 15th day of the 2nd month and is the 4th of the sabbaths.

The next Sabbath is 22nd day of the 2nd month and is the 5th of the sabbaths.

The next Sabbath is 29th day of the 2nd month and is the 6th of the sabbaths.

The next Sabbath is 7th day of the 3rd month and is the 7th of the sabbaths.

The next day is Sunday and is the 50th day of the counting of the Feast of Weeks and is Pentecost/Shavuot.

This is the day the Holy Spirit was poured out. Act_1:8 But you shall receive power, the Holy Spirit coming upon you.

Why did the recipients need "POWER"? Because this was the anniversary of the first Pentecost/Shavuot after the Exodus from Egypt at Mt. Sinai. Moses presented the covenant (marriage contract) and the people said "We will do." But they failed miserably. YHWH ended up divorcing the House of Israel/ten tribers/today's Christians. Then Jesus was the way back to the marriage covenant being renewed. (See Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Jeremiah 3, and Romans 7:1-5.)

@Inquisitor, I hope this helps to understand the "first of the Sabbaths". Without the Torah, the beginning of our understanding is like jumping to the end of the novel and having no clue what is being talked about.

NOTE: There are Jewish practices that made the "morrow after the Sabbath" into the day after the High Holy Day Unleavened Bread which occurs on Nisan 15, thus every year on Nisan 16 they start counting. This places their Pentecost on any old day of the week. I do not practice this way of counting.

I think you need a picture to more fully understand.

This is the official Hilell II calendar. To the left side we have Hebrew months and to the right side we have Roman months. June 17, 31 AD is Pentecost Sunday. 3rd Hebrew month on the 8th day.

HopeinHim98 · May 8, 2023

Grace911 said:

I've looked into this (about the first day of the week meaning the first of the sabbaths) and I don't think it holds water because of places like this: John 20:1 "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." We all know this is the first day of the week literally, right? Not the first of the sabbaths, even though the Greek there is sabbaton.

Sabbaton in greek:
sabbaton: the Sabbath, i.e. the seventh day (of the week)
Original Word: σάββατον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: sabbaton
Phonetic Spelling: (sab'-bat-on)
Definition: the Sabbath, the seventh day (of the week)
Usage: the Sabbath, a week.

Even though it literally means sabbath, it looks like it can mean a period of 7. So it would be accurate to say the first day of a period of seven.

BTW, I am a sabbath keeper.

Grace911 · May 8, 2023

Cameron143 said:

Mat 28:1 In the end(G3796) of the sabbath,G4521 as it began to dawnG2020 towardG1519 the firstG3391 day of the week,G4521 cameG2064 MaryG3137 MagdaleneG3094 andG2532 theG3588 otherG243 MaryG3137 to seeG2334 theG3588 sepulchre.G5028

When ever way Sunday called "Sabbaton"? See Strong's G4521:

G4521
σάββατον
sabbaton
sab’-bat-on
Of Hebrew origin [H7676]; the Sabbath (that is, Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension a se’nnight, that is, the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications: - sabbath (day), week.

What is a sabbath week? Could be the counting of 7 Sabbaths x 7 days = 49 days = A Sabbath week. Or it could also mean the 7 days of Unleavened Bread. Application is based on context. I am not sure. I'll check with some who are more versed on this topic.

Act 20:6 And after the days of Unleavened Bread, we sailed away from Philippi and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days. (Feast of Unleavened Bread starts on Nisan 15 - the day after Passover Nisan 14) and goes til Nisan 21.

Add 5 days for "after the days of Unleavened Bread" (Nisan 15-21) brings you to Nisan 25/26. They stayed in Troas for 7 days = Nisan 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and Iyar (2nd month) day 1, and day 2 = which is at the close of the Sabbath and the beginning of the Sunday. All days are from sundown to sundown.

Act 20:7 the disciples having been assembled to break bread, being about to depart on the morrow, Paul reasoned to them. And he continued his speech until midnight.

Paul would not have planned to travel during the Sabbath and therefore would depart on the "morrow" after the weekly Sabbath.

Lev 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month, between the evenings, is Jehovah's Passover,
Lev 23:6 and on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Jehovah. You must eat unleavened bread seven days.
Lev 23:7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no work of labor,
Lev 23:8 but you shall offer a fire offering to Jehovah seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation. You shall do no work of labor.

Cameron143 · May 8, 2023

Grace911 said:

Mat 28:1 In the end(G3796) of the sabbath,G4521 as it began to dawnG2020 towardG1519 the firstG3391 day of the week,G4521 cameG2064 MaryG3137 MagdaleneG3094 andG2532 theG3588 otherG243 MaryG3137 to seeG2334 theG3588 sepulchre.G5028

When ever way Sunday called "Sabbaton"? See Strong's G4521:

G4521
σάββατον
sabbaton
sab’-bat-on
Of Hebrew origin [H7676]; the Sabbath (that is, Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension a se’nnight, that is, the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications: - sabbath (day), week.

What is a sabbath week? Could be the counting of 7 Sabbaths x 7 days = 49 days = A Sabbath week. Or it could also mean the 7 days of Unleavened Bread. Application is based on context. I am not sure. I'll check with some who are more versed on this topic.

Act 20:6 And after the days of Unleavened Bread, we sailed away from Philippi and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days. (Feast of Unleavened Bread starts on Nisan 15 - the day after Passover Nisan 14) and goes til Nisan 21.

Add 5 days for "after the days of Unleavened Bread" (Nisan 15-21) brings you to Nisan 25/26. They stayed in Troas for 7 days = Nisan 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and Iyar (2nd month) day 1, and day 2 = which is at the close of the Sabbath and the beginning of the Sunday. All days are from sundown to sundown.

Act 20:7 the disciples having been assembled to break bread, being about to depart on the morrow, Paul reasoned to them. And he continued his speech until midnight.

Paul would not have planned to travel during the Sabbath and therefore would depart on the "morrow" after the weekly Sabbath.

Lev 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month, between the evenings, is Jehovah's Passover,
Lev 23:6 and on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Jehovah. You must eat unleavened bread seven days.
Lev 23:7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no work of labor,
Lev 23:8 but you shall offer a fire offering to Jehovah seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation. You shall do no work of labor.
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It's the same word that is translated differently as the translator chose.

Grace911 · May 8, 2023

HopeinHim98 said:

I see what you are saying, and trying to make sense of it also. Could John 20:1 be referring to the Passover "week"? Or the week of Unleavened Bread? Or that this very Sunday was Wave Sheaf Day of the firstfruits of the Barley and the beginning of the counting of 7 Sabbaths will be at the end of this week?

Wednesday = Nisan 14 (Passover)
Wednesday before sundown = Nisan 14
Wednesday after sundown = Nisan 15 = High Holy Day/High Sabbath = Note: Jesus had to be taken down before sundown of the High Holy Sabbath
Thursday after sundown = Nisan 16
Friday after sundown (weekly Sabbath) = Nisan 17
Saturday after sundown =1st day of the 7 day week = Nisan 18 = Wave Sheaf Day

Lev 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Lev 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Lev 23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

HopeinHim98 · May 8, 2023

Grace911 said:

I see what you are saying, and trying to make sense of it also. Could John 20:1 be referring to the Passover "week"? Or the week of Unleavened Bread? Or that this very Sunday was Wave Sheaf Day of the firstfruits of the Barley and the beginning of the counting of 7 Sabbaths will be at the end of this week?

Wednesday = Nisan 14 (Passover)
Wednesday before sundown = Nisan 14
Wednesday after sundown = Nisan 15 = High Holy Day/High Sabbath = Note: Jesus had to be taken down before sundown of the High Holy Sabbath
Thursday after sundown = Nisan 16
Friday after sundown (weekly Sabbath) = Nisan 17
Saturday after sundown =1st day of the 7 day week = Nisan 18 = Wave Sheaf Day

Lev 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Lev 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Lev 23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Yes I think it was the beginning of the Omer count. My point was that we can't assume every time the KJV says "First day of the week" that it is saying "First of the sabbaths" (people think the translators added the "day" in there to promote Sunday, when most of these references are "supposed to" actually mean the Sabbath.)

Inquisitor · May 9, 2023

Grace911 said:

This is no "ordinary" sabbaths. It is part of the LORD's commanded Feasts found in Leviticus 23, known as the Feast of Weeks where we are counting to day 50 (7 weeks of 7 days plus 1 day). The 50th day is Pentecost. The day the Holy Spirit was given. Unlike the tradition of the Jews, who start counting on Nisan 16 (which can be any day of the week), the scripture says the first Sabbath after Passover (Nisan 14). Feast of Unleavened bread starts on Nisan 15 til Nisan 21.

Jesus died on a Wednesday Passover 14th day of the first month. Again, a Wednesday.

On the first Sunday after Passover is called Wave Sheath day where the firstfruits of the Barley Harvest is presented to YHWH. If you will remember, Jesus told Mary not to touch Him because He had not yet gone to present Himself to my God and your God.

The first Sabbath after Wave Sheath day is Nisan (first month) and day 24. This begins on Friday at sundown and continues until Saturday sundown.

The next Sabbath is 1st day of the 2nd month (Iyar) and is the 2nd of the sabbaths.

The next Sabbath is 8th day of the 2nd month and is the 3rd of the sabbaths.

The next Sabbath is 15th day of the 2nd month and is the 4th of the sabbaths.

The next Sabbath is 22nd day of the 2nd month and is the 5th of the sabbaths.

The next Sabbath is 29th day of the 2nd month and is the 6th of the sabbaths.

The next Sabbath is 7th day of the 3rd month and is the 7th of the sabbaths.

The next day is Sunday and is the 50th day of the counting of the Feast of Weeks and is Pentecost/Shavuot.

This is the day the Holy Spirit was poured out. Act_1:8 But you shall receive power, the Holy Spirit coming upon you.

Why did the recipients need "POWER"? Because this was the anniversary of the first Pentecost/Shavuot after the Exodus from Egypt at Mt. Sinai. Moses presented the covenant (marriage contract) and the people said "We will do." But they failed miserably. YHWH ended up divorcing the House of Israel/ten tribers/today's Christians. Then Jesus was the way back to the marriage covenant being renewed. (See Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Jeremiah 3, and Romans 7:1-5.)

@Inquisitor, I hope this helps to understand the "first of the Sabbaths". Without the Torah, the beginning of our understanding is like jumping to the end of the novel and having no clue what is being talked about.

NOTE: There are Jewish practices that made the "morrow after the Sabbath" into the day after the High Holy Day Unleavened Bread which occurs on Nisan 15, thus every year on Nisan 16 they start counting. This places their Pentecost on any old day of the week. I do not practice this way of counting.

I think you need a picture to more fully understand. View attachment 251017 View attachment 251017

This is the official Hilell II calendar. To the left side we have Hebrew months and to the right side we have Roman months. June 17, 31 AD is Pentecost Sunday. 3rd Hebrew month on the 8th day.

You believe Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday.

So you believe that Thursday is a sabbath day?

Friday is the Preparation day.

Saturday is the sabbath day.

Sunday is the first day of the week, sabbaton?

Grace911 · May 9, 2023

Inquisitor said:

Yes, 14th day of 1st month

Inquisitor said:

Yes, 15th day of 1st month

Inquisitor said:

Yes, 16th day of 1st month

Inquisitor said:

Yes, 17th day of 1st month

Inquisitor said:

Yes, 18th day of the first month and the 1st day of counting to 50 days.

Following this morrow after the Sabbath, counting 1)Sunday, 2)Monday, 3)Tuesday, 4)Wednesday, 5)Thursday, 6)Friday and 7) Saturday/Sabbath=1st Sabbath of 7 Sabbaths.

Lev 23:10 Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap the harvest of it, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.
Lev 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah to be received for you. On the next day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Lev 23:15 And you shall count to you from the next day after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete.
Lev 23:16 To the next day after the seventh sabbath you shall number fifty days. And you shall offer a new food offering to Jehovah.

Note: April 25, 31 AD is the only 14th day on a Wednesday that you can see the Partial Lunar eclipse. All other proposed dates do not have this eclipse. If you have free Stellarium, set location to Jerusalem, Israel and adjust time and plug in the date to 31AD April 25 and watch the eclipse come on the moon and then backs off the moon.

Inquisitor · May 9, 2023

Grace911 said:

Yes, 14th day of 1st month

Yes, 15th day of 1st month

Yes, 16th day of 1st month

Yes, 17th day of 1st month

Yes, 18th day of the first month and the 1st day of counting to 50 days.

Following this morrow after the Sabbath, counting 1)Sunday, 2)Monday, 3)Tuesday, 4)Wednesday, 5)Thursday, 6)Friday and 7) Saturday/Sabbath=1st Sabbath of 7 Sabbaths.

Lev 23:10 Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap the harvest of it, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.
Lev 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah to be received for you. On the next day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Lev 23:15 And you shall count to you from the next day after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete.
Lev 23:16 To the next day after the seventh sabbath you shall number fifty days. And you shall offer a new food offering to Jehovah.

Note: April 25, 31 AD is the only 14th day on a Wednesday that you can see the Partial Lunar eclipse. All other proposed dates do not have this eclipse. If you have free Stellarium, set location to Jerusalem, Israel and adjust time and plug in the date to 31AD April 25 and watch the eclipse come on the moon and then backs off the moon.

Your claiming that the first day of Unleavened Bread is a sabbath day?

All you need to do now is provide the scripture that says that, the first day of Unleavened Bread is a sabbath day.

Grace911 · May 9, 2023

Inquisitor said:

Lev 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
Lev 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Lev 23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Lev 23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Leviticus 23:7 = 15th day of first month = 1ST DAY OF Unleavened Bread = do no servile work = High Sabbath (not always of 7th day of the week)

Luk 23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
Luk 23:51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them

he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
Luk 23:52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
Luk 23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
Luk 23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Luk 23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
Luk 23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Before I learned about each of the Holy Feasts days of the LORD, I did not know that there was two Sabbaths at Jesus death. Nisan 15 is a High Holy Day, 1st day of Unleavened Bread and was on a Thursday. The women rested on this Thursday the 15th, and prepared the ointments on Friday the 16th, but could not go to the tomb on Saturday the 17th and waited to go early Sunday morning the 18th before dawn.

Grace911 · May 9, 2023

The weekly Sabbath

Lev 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

Lev 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
Lev 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Lev 23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Lev 23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

TMS · May 9, 2023

We can all conclude it was passover (14 day of Nissan) that Jesus died and first fruits (day 16) that He rose.

It doesn't change the day that was blessed.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Sanctified = qâdash
Definition:
to consecrate,
sanctify,
prepare,
dedicate,
be hallowed,
be holy,
be sanctified,
be separate
(Qal) to be set apart, .....

God set Saturday apart and sanctified it. Man has no right to change what God has not made clear.
There is not bible verse saying that God changed the sabbath to Sunday.

Grace911 · May 9, 2023

TMS said:

Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Mat 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Mat 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.

Luk 11:29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
Luk 11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

Jesus did not rise from the dead on Nisan 16. I'm going to attach a photo of the Lunar eclipse taking place on 4/25/31 AD. You will not be able to find another Nisan 14 with an eclipse.

And further visual testimony, here is the Hillel II calendar for 31 AD or CE.

Jesus died on Nisan 14. He was in the grave before sundown on the 14th. After sunset was the beginning of the 15th. The third day was Saturday just before sunset that He would raise on Saturday/Sabbath the 17th. After sundown would begin the Sunday the 18th, which is Wave Sheaf Day, and also the first day of the 50 day count to Pentecost/Shavuot.
And a third visual aid, is Moon Phases for April 31 AD/CE.

April 12-24, 31 = Thursday/Nisan 1 (April 12th) to Tuesday Nisan 13th (April 24th)

April 25, 31 = Wednesday/Nisan 14/Passover
April 26, 31 = Thursday/Nisan 15/Feast of Unleavened Bread/Day 1/High Sabbath (See Leviticus 23:5-8)
April 27, 31 = Friday/Nisan 16/Day 2 Feast of Unleavened Bread
April 28, 31 = Saturday/Weekly Sabbath/Nisan 17

In the grave Wednesday (Nisan 15th) after sundown = Night #1/High Sabbath
In the grave Thursday (Nisan 15th) day = Day #1/High Sabbath
In the grave Thursday after sundown (Nisan 16th) = Night #2
In the grave Friday day (Nisan 16th) = Day #2
In the grave Friday (Nisan 17th) after sundown = Night #3/Weekly Sabbath begins
In the grave Saturday (Nisan 17th) day = Day #3
Raised to life before Saturday (Nisan 17th) sundown = THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE GRAVE JUST LIKE JESUS SAID HE WOULD BE.

The confusion stems from not knowing that Nisan 15/1st day of Feast of Unleavened Bread is a High Sabbath Day that is NOT on the weekly Sabbath.

Lev 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
Lev 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Lev 23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

DB · May 9, 2023

What day do most think is the Sabbath day? The Jews celebrate on Sabbath and most Christians use Sunday. Who decided Sunday instead of Saturday?

When we get caught up in Mosaic Law, then we get caught up using works as a means of salvation.

Inquisitor · May 9, 2023

Grace911 said:

Lev 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
Lev 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Lev 23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Lev 23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Leviticus 23:7 = 15th day of first month = 1ST DAY OF Unleavened Bread = do no servile work = High Sabbath (not always of 7th day of the week)

Luk 23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
Luk 23:51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them

he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
Luk 23:52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
Luk 23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
Luk 23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
Luk 23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
Luk 23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Before I learned about each of the Holy Feasts days of the LORD, I did not know that there was two Sabbaths at Jesus death. Nisan 15 is a High Holy Day, 1st day of Unleavened Bread and was on a Thursday. The women rested on this Thursday the 15th, and prepared the ointments on Friday the 16th, but could not go to the tomb on Saturday the 17th and waited to go early Sunday morning the 18th before dawn.

I think you misunderstood my question.

I was not asking if the first day of Unleavened Bread was a holy day. I asked whether the first day of Unleavened Bread was a Sabbath day.

The first day of U.B can be practiced like a sabbath day but by definition, the sabbath day is always the seventh day.

I would avoid calling the first day of Unleavened Bread a sabbath day, unless the scripture calls it a sabbath day.

It is a much safer path to walk.

Inquisitor · May 9, 2023

DB said:

It depends on whether you are under the law or under grace. You can't be under both.

Who decided that Gentiles were under the law?

Acts 15, seems to indicate that Gentiles are not under the law.

There has never been a change to the day of the Jewish rest on the seventh day.

Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and break bread on the first day of the week.

One is a legally enforced rest day and the other is not a rest day, rather a celebration day.

Different horses for different courses.

HopeinHim98 · May 9, 2023

DB said:

It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church.
—Priest Brady, in an address, reported in the Elizabeth, NJ ‘News’ on March 18, 1903.

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