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The record declares also that Paul “continued his speech until midnight,” the reason being that he had to “depart on the morrow.” His sermon continued past midnight, “even till break of day,” and “so he departed.”
It is a well-known fact that the Bible reckons days from sunset to sunset, not from midnight to midnight, as we do today. (See Gen. 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31; Lev. 23:32) Therefore the dark part of that “first day of the week” was what we would describe as Saturday night.
Conybeare and Howson, in their authoritative work, Life and Epistles of the Apostle Paul, write as follows concerning the time of the meeting:
“It was the evening which succeeded the Jewish Sabbath. On the Sunday morning the vessel was about to sail.” - Page 520 (One Volume Edition)." F.D. Nichols/Acts 20:7-10
It is a well-known fact that the Bible reckons days from sunset to sunset, not from midnight to midnight, as we do today. (See Gen. 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31; Lev. 23:32) Therefore the dark part of that “first day of the week” was what we would describe as Saturday night.
Conybeare and Howson, in their authoritative work, Life and Epistles of the Apostle Paul, write as follows concerning the time of the meeting:
“It was the evening which succeeded the Jewish Sabbath. On the Sunday morning the vessel was about to sail.” - Page 520 (One Volume Edition)." F.D. Nichols/Acts 20:7-10
