2195.—Sunday and First Day of the Week.
Did God call Sunday the first day of the week, or did the governments say it was the first day of the week? W. H. P. The Bible does not use the word Sunday, or any of the heathen names of the days of the week. God named all the days of the week with reference to the Sabbath: “the First Day,” “the Second Day,” “the Third Day,” “the Fourth Day,” “the Fifth Day,” “the Sixth Day,” “the Sabbath.” Therefore the Hebrews and other Eastern nations called the days of the week, “the first day to the Sabbath,” “the second day to the Sabbath,” and so on. The sixth day was called “Sabbath Eve.” The whole week came to be called the Sabbath, because that was the crowning day of the week. The name “Sunday” was given to the first day of the week by sun-worshipers. That day was found to be the same in time, practically, but the world in general has used the heathen name.