Why is Sunday the first day of the week according to Jews and seventh day Adventists etc?

Answer 1

Sunday is the first day of the week because that is the name Julius Caesar gave the first day of the week when he made his calendar. We still use Roman names or actually names originally derived from the Anglo-Saxon equivalents of the Roman Names to name the days of the week. Sunday, the first day is named for the Sun. Like how Monday is named for the Moon, and Saturday is named for Saturn.

Answer 2

Yes, Sunday is the first day of the week. Many will say that Sunday is the 7th day of the week and that it says so in the Bible. Actually, they are incorrect, as it actually says it is Sunday.

In the Old Testament we are told that the world was created in 6 days and God rested on the 7th day and this is the Sabbath. People will say that that proves that Sunday is the 7th day, as that is the Sabbath. But they are forgetting something. The Old Testament was written by the Jews. The Jewish Sabbath, was and still is Saturday, the 7th day of the week.

If you then go to the New Testament and to the crucifixion, there is more evidence. Good Friday is described as being the day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath. Also it is said that they did not want Jesus on the cross on the Sabbath, so when he was found to be dead they took him off the cross and laid him in the tomb. Jesus was put in the tomb on Good Friday. Did you ever think or wonder why did he not rise on Saturday morning, instead of waiting until Sunday? The answer is simple, Saturday was the Sabbath, the day of rest, so Jesus stayed in the tomb.

Finally, we are told that the women came to the tomb on the morning of the first day of the week, which was Sunday, and found that he was risen. Much later Christians adopted Sunday as their Sabbath, in honour of the resurrection. That is why we now have a 2 day weekend, with the week ending right in the middle of it. If someone says to you Sunday is the 7th day of the week and it says so in the bible, you can now explain to them that it actually doesn't.

Many calendars will show Monday as the first day of the week. That is because either the producers think Monday is the first day of the week, or it is put that way because Monday is normally the first day of the working week. Nevertheless, whatever way a calendar has been printed and whatever country you are in and whatever religion you belong to and whatever people say, Sunday is the first day of the week.

Answer 3

Answer by religious Jew:

Saturday is considered the 7th day of the week, when G-d rested because that is what the Jews have kept traditionally. G-d himself revealed to the Jews which day of the week was the 7th day when he provided manna for the Jews in the desert. each day, just enough manna for each family would fall, but on the sixth day a double portion would fall because the next day, the seventh day, there would be no manna.

Sunday has always been the first day of the week. no one denies that... it's whether the Sabbath is Saturday the seventh day or Sunday the first. well guess what?... The Bible says that the Sabbath is the seventh day and that's the day we rest...completely.

Answer 4

Sunday is in fact the first day of the week, so ones that show Sunday as the last day are wrong. People will say that it says in the bible that Sunday is the seventh day, but it actually doesn't say that. What it says in the Old Testament is that the seventh day is the Sabbath, which is true. People then say that that proves Sunday is the seventh day. What people forget though is that the Bible was written by the Jews. Their Sabbath is Saturday.

If you then look at the New Testament, specifically the descriptions of the crucifixion and resurrection, there is more confirmation that Sunday is the first day of the week. Good Friday is described as the "Day of Preparation" which is then explained to be "The day before the Sabbath." Did you ever wonder, if Jesus was crucified and laid in the tomb on a Friday, why didn't he rise on the Saturday morning instead of waiting until Sunday? The simple reason is that Saturday was the Jewish Sabbath, the day of rest, so he stayed in the tomb on the Sabbath. When it came to the resurrection, it is said that "On the morning of the first day of the week" and "the day after the Sabbath", that the women went to the tomb and found that Jesus has risen. It was because the resurrection occurred on the Sunday that Christians later chose Sunday as their Sabbath. Today, Jews still use Saturday as their Sabbath and Christians still use Sunday.

So, if someone tells you that Sunday is the seventh day of the week and it says so in the bible, you can now explain to them that it doesn't say that, and actually confirms that it is Sunday. It is also why our weekends are two days long, using both Sabbaths, with the end of the week right in the middle of that.

Here is another thing you can try. If you have Microsoft Excel, into cell A1 enter a date. Start with today's date. Then, in cell A2 type:

=weekday(A1)

You will get a number between 1 and 7. If you check you will see that 1 is for any date on a Sunday, 2 is Monday, 3 Tuesday, 4 is Wednesday, 5 is Thursday, 6 is Friday and 7 is Saturday. This is also a good way of finding out what day a particular date is on, like for example the day you were born. You can also try formatting the date so that it shows the day of the week in the date, which you can do by going to the Format menu, then to Cells and to Custom. Then choose dd-mmm-yy and change it to dddd-mmm-yy and it will change the date to show the name of the day.

So, you see, Sunday is indeed the first day of the week. Some calendars show Monday first, either because they think Monday is the first day or because Monday is the first day of the working week. You will see a lot of commercial calendars showing Monday as the first day for that reason. But if a calendar has Monday as the first day of the week, it is in fact incorrect.

Answer 5

A:Sunday is traditionally the first day of the week, following Jewish custom.

However, as an official, international standard, Monday is the first day of the week (International Standards Organisation).

Answer 6

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