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

they had regarded with superstitious reverence
while heathen. Observe the stress which Paul
lays upon the word "again," in verse 9. And
how many that profess the religion of Christ at
the present day superstitiously regard certain
days as "lucky" or "unlucky days;" though
such notions are derived only from heathen
distinctions.
15. See chapter 10.
16. Dr. Bloomfield, though himself of a different
opinion, speaks thus of the views of others
concerning the date of John's gospel: "It has
been the general sentiment, both of ancient and
modern inquirers, that it was published about
the close of the first century." -Greek
Testament with English Notes, vol. i. p. 328.
Morer says that John "penned his gospel two
years later than the Apocalypse, and after his
return from Patmos, as St. Augustine, St.
Jerome, and Eusebius, affirm." - Dialogues on
the Lord’s Day, pp. 53, 54. The Paragraph
Bible of the London Religious Tract Society,
in its preface to the book of John, speaks thus:
"According to the general testimony of ancient
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