The Greek "epiphosko" means also to begin, to draw on...not just to become light. As indicated in an earlier post you can find the usage here also....same word meaning to begin. The first day of the week begins at sunset Saturday night according to God's time. Your time.....is any body's guess. If you want to continue to harp about this after being shown proof...harp away, but you'll harp to yourself!
Passover begins today at dusk when three starsBlessed are You, O L-rd Our G-d, King of the Universe
can be seen, as it is the 14th of Nissan.
b'shem Y'shua
The root meaning of the word is perfectly clear, and it is from the root that it comes to have a meaning of approaching a beginning, as dawn ends the night and begins a new day. Its perfectly natural to use it in the context of beginning and say "the Sabbath was dawning" as in St. Luke 23.54, where it is not reference to a physical reality - the sunrise, but to a reality of time - i.e. the reckoning of the start of a new day. We can use the word "dawning" in this non physical sense in English too - i.e. "A new era was dawning in Washington that night, with the triumph of the Republicans."
This is not, however the context of St. Matthew 28.1. Please note St. Matthew 28.13: "Saying: Say you, His disciples came by night (nuktos), and stole him away when we were asleep."
How would the disciples have stolen him away at night if the resurrection occurred in the evening of Saturday? Was night really during the daytime of Saturday? Did they guards somehow not notice an empty tomb and a rolled back stone and disciples coming and going all night from evening until morning?
Do you see how ridiculous this interpretation of yours is getting?
As indicated in an earlier post you can find the usage here also....same word meaning to begin.
Okay. So with your strange new useage, which for the sake of argument let us grant, how do you reconcile this interpretation with St Mark 16.2 which speaks of the sun being risen and St. Luke 24.1 and 24.22 which speak of early morning. How is the evening the time of sunrise, and early morning????
The first day of the week begins at sunset Saturday night according to God's time.
God is outside time and is eternal. Day count's are an invention of man to explain what he is perceiving with his senses.
Your time.....is any body's guess. If you want to continue to harp about this after being shown proof...harp away, but you'll harp to yourself!
It isn't proof, and you are unable to address reconciliation with St. Mark and St. Luke.