[B-Greek] Matt. 28:1 SABBATWN "...dawning toward first Sabbath"???

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Tue Dec 30 03:55:19 EST 2008


Another thing to remember here is that there were actually more than one 
Sabbaths involved. Jesus was crucified on the Passover. The following 
day, when you refer back to the feasts as laid out in Leviticus, would 
have been the Feast of Unleavened Bread. A feast day where no work 
whatsoever was to be performed. This is why it was so important that 
Jesus be removed from the cross before sunset. Also the first Sunday, 
the first day of the week, after the Passover would have been the Feast 
of the Firstfruits.

SABBATWN is referring both to week and the actual Sabbaths, and in this 
case is correct either way you read it. This I believe is one of the 
cases where not only language usage is important, but also history and 
the Old Testament.

Glyn Williams
BTh Hons.
/baruch 'atem b'shem Yeshua/


b-greek-request at lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
>> While reading in my Berry Interlinear, i noticed in Matt 28:1 the
>> literal english rendering says,  "Now late on Sabbath, as it was
>> getting dusk toward first of week..." this "of week" is the same word
>> as "Sabbath".  Can anyone tell me why this is?  Thanks, and may JESUS
>> bless you all...
>>     
>
> What you need is a lexicon, not an interlinear or "literal English rendering"; what is obvious is that the "literal English rendering" creates more difficulties than it resolves. You need to consult a good Biblical Greek lexicon for SABBATON and note that it is used in different contexts to mean "sabbath day" and "week."
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (ret)
>   



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