History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

days" from this meeting, if made to signify only
one week, necessarily carries us to the second day
of the week. But a different expression is used by
the Spirit of inspiration when simply one week is
intended. "After seven days" is the chosen term of
the Holy Spirit when designating just one
week.[25] "After eight days" most naturally
implies the ninth or tenth day;[26] but allowing if
to mean the eighth day, it fails to prove that this
appearance of the Saviour upon the first day of the
week. To sum the argument: The meeting first
meeting of Jesus with his disciples in the evening
at the close of the first day of the week was mainly
if not wholly upon the second day of the week;[27]
the second meeting could not have been earlier in
the week than the second or third day, and the day
seems to have been selected simply because that
Thomas was present; the third meeting was upon a
fishing occasion; and the fourth, was upon
Thursday, when he ascended into Heaven. The
argument for first-day sacredness drawn from this
text is eminently fitted to the foundation of that
sacredness already examined; and the institution of
the first-day Sabbath itself, unless formed of more
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