Witnesses of Jesus Christ (Acts 1:1-11) 

John 20 tells us that the tomb was discovered empty on the first day of the week. Technically, the first day of the week on the Jewish calendar starts on "our" Saturday evening so He couldve risen then, but it's not a divisive matter either way. Early church tradition is what began the Sunday morning worship. The Sabbath has always been a special to and we are told to "remember the Sabbath". Has it been removed? No! Can we worship on Saturday? Yes! As a church body, we have no problems with worshiping on any day of the week. The Sabbath is and has always been a special day of "rest" that God modeled Himself during Creation. There has been debate over what "rest" is over the last several thousand years but to put it simply, it's a day made for man to rest, not man to burden himself with rules. So in summary Jesus rose on the first day of the week, Sunday worship is a church tradition, you can worship on any day of the week or all days of the week, and the Sabbath is a special day of rest.

@@stwbible My questions was because of the wishy washiness regarding Messiah’s crucifixion and resurrection, the Sabbath Day has largely been reduced to unimportant by Christians. I can even say, rejected by Christians. It is the 4th of the 10 Commandments which also seems to be unimportant to the Christians: calling THE ALMIGHTY’s Laws as a burden and not a delight . Regarding John 20:1, the women came to the tomb very early on the 1st day of the week, before the sun rose. Can we say that was around 5:30 am more or less. So for sure Messiah rose before that time. Could He have risen at the end of the Sabbath as the prophecy said 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the earth. ?

@@Eleazar1A2 Anti-semitism in the early church caused many of the divides with the Jewishiness of Christianity and some of those divides remain today, which is unfortunate. Since Christ's death and resurrection, Christians are not under the Mosaic Law. That's not to say it's not important. It's purpose is to reveal sin. Paul details this in Romans 3 "because by the works of the Law none of mankind will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes knowledge of sin". Jesus died on Passover. He's our Passover Lamb. His death was modeled in advance by this feast. This date falls on Nisan 14 as specified in Exodus 12:6 therefore it could fall on any day of the week. For Christ to have risen from the dead on the first day of the week and be in the grave for 3 days and 3 nights, He would've had to be crucified on a Wednesday for all the events to fit. Again, this isn't a divisive issue but that's how it fits.