Endnote 4 – How It Came About: From Saturday to Sunday

Cf. Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:2; Luke 24:1; John 20:1, John 20:19; Acts 20:7; I Corinthians 16:2. Harold Riesenfeld aptly remarks that “the first day of the week, in the writings of the New Testament, is never called ‘Day of the Resurrection.’ This is a term which made its appearance later” (“Sabbat et Jour du Seigneur,” in A. J. B. Higgins, ed., New Testament Essays: Studies in Memory of T. W. Manson [Manchester: University Press, 1959] 212).