What day does a new week start on?

Answer 1

Sunday. Many will tell you that the week starts on Monday, and it says so in the Bible, because the world was made in 6 days and God rested on the Sabbath. Actually, it says in the Bible that it starts on a Sunday. What people forget is that the Bible was written in Jewish terms, and their Sabbath is Saturday. Jesus was a Jew, as were all his disciples and those that wrote the Bible.

The Old Testament is where the mention of the 6 days and resting on the Sabbath comes from. Move onto the New Testament, to the Crucifixion. We are told that Good Friday was the day of preparation which is "the day before the Sabbath." We are also told that Christ was taken down from the cross and laid in the tomb on Good Friday because they didn't want his body on the cross on the Sabbath.

Did you ever wonder why didn't Christ rise on the Saturday instead of waiting until the Sunday? Simple, he stayed in the tomb on Saturday, because it was the day of rest: the Sabbath. We are also told that the women came to the tomb on the morning of the first day of the week, which was of course Sunday morning - and Christians still celebrate Easter on Sunday. Christians moved the Sabbath to Sunday in commemoration of the Resurrection, but the Jewish Sabbath is still on Saturday, the seventh day. So if anyone tells you that Sunday is the Seventh Day and it says so in the Bible - you can now explain to them that it actually says it is on Saturday.

Our weekend has two free days, because we use both the Jewish and Christian Sabbaths as rest days, and the week ends right in the middle of it. Monday is the start of the working week, but Sunday is the first day of the week.

Modern computers also use Sunday as the first day of the week. Go to Microsoft Excel and in A1 type in a date. Then go to any other cell and type in: =weekday(A1) and you will get a number between 1 and 7. You will find that 1 is Sunday, 2 is Monday, 3 is Tuesday and so on.