So the next step is the references that are the excuses given for keeping Sunday...
Acts 20:7, “On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day.”
Let's back up a moment and get a picture of what is going on. 6 but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
The Days of Unleavened Bread are seven days after Passover. The first and last days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread are Sabbaths. In the midst of the Feast of Unleavened Bread there is a weekly Shabbath. So five days after the Feast of Unleavened Bread was a Sabbath rest where they stayed a week [seven days] and remained there on the seventh day [Sabbath weekly Rest]. First day of the week begins at sundown after the Sabbath, which would not be considered first day by the Romans. So it was Saturday night after Sabbath services that Paul remained, breaking bread and continuing conversing with the believers which has happened in small Sabbath keeping groups even today. As soon as the sun rises Sunday morning Paul was on his way. No Sunday worship services here.
1 Corinthians 16:2, “On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.”
It is understanding the Jewish mindset of not handling money on the Sabbath that gives rise to the directive to store up the each week what was gained that week for the collection which Paul was going to handle on Sunday. This is not a Sunday service but a regular Jewish tradition.
