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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 20, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 41.

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149. WHAT DAY DID CHRIST RISE FROM THE DEAD?

Is there any proof in the Scripture that Christ arose on the first day of the week?
There is no such positive statement in our common version, though there is in others. Mark 16:9 is the nearest to such a statement: "Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene." The Diaglott translates this passage thus: "And having risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary of Magdalene." Rotherham translates it: "And rising early on the first day of the week, he was manifested first to Mary the Magdalene." The Syriac makes it positive: "And in the morning of a first day of a week he arose, and he appeared first to Mary Magdalene." Campbell and McKnight render it: "Jesus having risen early the first day of the week." All the translations which have come to our notice give the same meaning. They make the rising from the dead on the first day of the week. Is not this sufficient proof?