[B-Greek] Rev. 1:10

Lira rosangelalira at terra.com.br
Thu Dec 4 05:50:17 EST 2003


Jason, 

The Gospel of Peter, written toward the end of the second century, is the earliest indisputable appearance of the technical term "Lord's-KURIAKH" in reference to Sunday. In two different verses it reads: "Now in the night in which the Lord's day (hH KURIAKH) dawned . . . there rang out a loud voice in heaven" (v. 35); "Early in the morning of the Lord's day (THS KURIAKHS) Mary Magdalene . . . came to the sepulchre" (v. 50, 51).  This clearly indicates that by the end of the second century Christians referred to Sunday as "the Lord's Day." Notice that, in contrast, John's Gospel, written at approximately the same time of the Revelation, uses MIA TWN SABBATWN, "first day of the week".

Rosangela Lira 


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