But I don't believe the Greek text is saying that at all, and its your rendition of it to prove your point about changing the Sabbath day.
I'm not that intelligent, all I can do is quote and echo the Scriptures.
I’ve read Staple’s article, and on the onset, I would like to say I do not read commentaries for the simple reason commentaries although they may seem holy, and even if there are labels before or after their names, their work at best is still tainted by sin. Unless of course if their work is faithful to the Bible. Commentaries are a help because no one has a perfect understanding of Scriptures.
Staple’s article understood the main purpose of the Seventh Day Sabbath just as I’ve indicated in the OP. I guess every commentary out there agrees with each other’s work on the matter, but it still amazes me how learned individuals can miss the gist of Matthew 28:1. I can only surmise they have been led astray by the word “day” and by the word “week” to which if understood, both words are omitted from the original manuscripts.
If indeed the word “Sabbaths” can be translated / mean as “week” as suggested, then I could argue that Matthew 28 can also be understood / read this way: “At the end of the week, as it began to dawn toward the first of the week...” Does this make sense? It will only make sense if the word is Sabbaths because now we can say which ‘Sabbaths’ is in view as opposed to which ‘week’ is in view, and we know there is only one Sabbath that is spoken of in the Old Testament.
Staples’ analogy of the word “beat” cannot be compared with the word Sabbath. For instance, the word Sabbath cannot mean week! They are entirely different words and meaning. God created every species after its kind, likewise, He created words after its own kind also. The Bible is its own interpreter and dictionary! For example, you see a stray dog and you beckon to it saying, “here Kitty, Kitty. Does this make sense? No you say, that’s ridiculous! So is taking the word “Sabbath” and make it to mean as “week.”
As a reminder, the word “day” in the KJV is italicized meaning the translators are warning the reader it is not in the original manuscripts, and changed the identical word “Sabbath” into the word “week.” As alluded to in the OP why God allowed this error was perhaps to foster unbelief? Like the trinity?
I’ve always liked the King James Bible because the Strong’s and Young’s Literal Concordances were written specifically for the KJV.
I would expect some Christians to gather Wednesday, Some Friday, some Tuesday and yes, some even Sunday. But I do not observe that, so I must then conclude that the day is important, albeit not the seventh day.
Colossians 2:16-17
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or of the new moon, or in respect of a holyday, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
To God Be The Glory