20 Now notice John 20:1 and 19

First, read John 20:1. “The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher.”

This verse explains that it was the first day of the week.

When we read John 20:1 along with Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:2; Luke 24:1 we understand that the night/dark of that first day was giving way to the morning as the sun would be soon rising. (To state the obvious, the Scriptures reveal that each day begins with the night, after the evening/sunset/twilight of the previous day is complete.) This first day began with the night.

On that first day of the week, it was yet dark; the sun would be rising shortly, and the sunlight of the first day of the week would be intensifying.

A lot of activity would then take place on that first day of the week, some of which we can read of in verses 2-18 of John 20. Luke 24:1-35 also relates more of the activities, which occurred on that first day of the week.

After that first day of the week’s activity was winding down, now read John 20:19. “Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week when the doors were shut …”

Clearly, we can understand that the evening was not at the beginning of the first day. Neither did the evening belong to or begin the second day of the week.

We read it was the same day, at evening, the first day of the week. Here again, we see the evening did not begin the day. The evening was at the end of the first day. The evening is at the end of every day.