Bible Verses Where “The Next Day” Means Morning
Genesis 19:27 – Abraham rose early in the morning.
Genesis 41:8 – Pharaoh awoke in the morning troubled by dreams.
Exodus 32:6 – The people rose early the next day to offer sacrifices.
Judges 6:38 – Gideon rose early the next morning to check the fleece.
1 Samuel 5:3 – The next morning, Dagon was found fallen.
1 Samuel 17:20 – David rose early the next morning to visit his brothers.
2 Chronicles 20:20 – The people rose early the next morning to march.
Matthew 27:62 – The chief priests and Pharisees met with Pilate the next day.
Luke 9:37 – The next day, Jesus came down from the mountain and met a crowd.
John 1:29 – The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him.
John 1:35 – The next day, John stood with two of his disciples.
John 1:43 – The next day, Jesus decided to go to Galilee.
John 12:12 – The next day, a large crowd gathered for Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem.
Acts 4:5 – The next day, the rulers and elders assembled to judge Peter and John.
Acts 10:23 – The next day, Peter set out with companions.
Acts 14:20 – The next day, Paul departed for Derbe.
Acts 20:7 – On the first day of the week, the disciples gathered to break bread.
Acts 21:8 – The next day, Paul and his companions departed.
Acts 23:32 – The next day, the soldiers returned to the barracks.
These verses reflect a consistent biblical pattern: “the next day” often implies morning, especially when paired with travel, worship, or public events. Let me know if you'd like a list of verses where “the next day” might refer to sunset or evening instead.
🌒 Bible Verses Indicating the Day Begins at Sunset and Explanation
Genesis 1:5
“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”
I just read these as temporal sequence, God Does his work during day the sunset then Day ends a sunrise. This is not prescribing when days start.
Leviticus 23:32
“It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.”
This verse defines the Day of Atonement as lasting from evening to evening, clearly marking sunset as the start. Clearly part of feast not normal, if it was "normal" it would not have need to be said at all.
Nehemiah 13:19
“And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.”
Nehemiah prepares for the Sabbath before sunset, Not showing that the Sabbath begins at sundown. In ancient Jerusalem, city gates were closed at nightfall for security reasons. So gates reopened at sunrise the first day, so this is not a good indicator of when days start.
Exodus 12:18
“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.”
The Feast of Unleavened Bread begins and ends at evening. This is also in regards to a feast not prescribing when normal days start, and it would not even need to be said in this manner if it was just the normal.