On the First of the Sabbaths, or SUNDAY.
When the Jews reckoned the days of the week they always used the day in it’s relationship to the Sabbath.
Sunday was the first of the Sabbaths.
Monday was the second of the Sabbaths.
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For example, one of the Pharisees said he “fasted twice in the Sabbaths”, a reference to their twice in a week fast.
And on the road to Emus, one of the men traveling with a disguised JESUS said, concerning the events of the past days, “Today is the third day”.
Sunday= first of the Sabbaths.
Monday = second of the Sabbaths.
Tuesday= third day of the Sabbaths.
Wednesday= forth day of the Sabbaths.
Thursday= fifth day o the Sabbaths.
Friday = sixth day of the Sabbaths.
Saturday= SABBATH.
They did not have names for the days of the weeks but used the term 1st, 2nd, 3rd of the Sabbaths.
So, when you see the term first of the Sabbaths it means first day of the week.
Check any lexicon or Greek translation.
Just who is it that has authored all these Lexicons and Greek translations for the last 1700 years? Folks who have been brought up in the false tradition of a Sunday resurrection. Like I said earlier.........,"What else would you expect them to say?"
Now why don't you take the BDAG (considered the best Lexicon available) and find any reference to σαββάτων meaning anything other than the plural form of σαββάτῳ....and this word being the designation for annual (and counted) Sabbaths, i.e. Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles. Please check all references before 100 A.D. You'll find none because that's not what the Greek word meant.....until the Early Church Fathers began substituting fantasy for biblical chronology.
Like I said......you believe what you want. I'm here to bring truth to lurkers who have not yet been corrupted by Catholicism!
Poppycock!
Have you never heard of the "Count of the Omer"? [Leviticus 23:15-16]And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
Seven sabbaths were to be counted from the Feast of First-fruits or Passover. Consequently, these came to be known as "First Sabbath," "Second Sabbath" etc., down to the seventh. And according to Julian Morgenstern, former President of Hebrew University, this practice continued in Galilee till the time of Christ or the Common Era. It is still observed by some groups in Palestine today. Thus, there was an annual date known as "First Sabbath," just after Passover. [page 230, The Life of Christ in Stereo]
>> “When the Jews reckoned the days of the week they always used the day in it’s relationship to the Sabbath” <<
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Basically true, but that is because the sabbath is both a beginning and an end.
Sabbath means either the seventh day, or a group of seven of anything, depending on the context.
Both you and Diego are correct if you look at it completely. The first of the sabbaths could be the first day of the first sabbath, (sabbath meaning what we call a week) or it could be just the entire first sabbath. You have to look at the context to see which it is.
It is obvious that this is a reference to the “weeks” of pentecost in either case, and equally obvious that if it was the first day, it didn’t mean that there was significance to that day, other than that it was the beginning day.
I don’t see enough definitive information in the text to determine whether they spoke of a particular day, or just a particular week, but given the facts of the culture, I have to lean toward the entire week.