Sunday as a First-Day Sabbath

It is often alleged that the New Testament nowhere makes mention of Sunday as the Sabbath. However, many Greek scholars have pointed out that the concept of Sabbath has simply been translated away. We will later be demonstrating that this is clearly shown in the Greek of Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1-2; Luke 24:1; John 20:1; Acts 20:7 and 1 Corinthians 16:2 all of which speak of a “first day Sabbath.” Indeed, the last passage commands the observance of a “first day Sabbath.”¹ It says, “Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: on the first day Sabbath let each one of you lay something aside…”