Fluttering Carefully

Let me give a little spoiler: I don’t know the answer to the question I am posing here.

I have been studying a little on the subject of the sabbath. I don’t know whether it should be practiced from sundown to sundown, or midnight to midnight (or—as I just found some held—dawn to dawn). In Genesis it is said “and the evening and the morning were the [X] day” (Gen 1.5,8,13,19,23,31).” The New Testament, however, does not seem to have the same view of the boundaries of a day. Consider the following:

Matthew 28.1: In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Mark 4.35: And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.

Mark 16.9: Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

Luke 24.1: Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

John 20.1: The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

John 20.19: Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

Acts 20.7: And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

You may also consider for further study, the London Baptist Confession, or the Nave’s Topical Bible.