3 days 3 nights?

[WITNESS THE REAL]

The Sign of Jonah

38Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you."

39He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Friday evening-saturday morning-saturday evening-sunday morning

Where's the third day?

[Old Timer]

The crucifixion was on Wednesday or Thrsday.

Now that should bring a flurry of arguments.

[Guest shiloh357]

Jesus was crucified on a Wed., not a Fri. What a lot of people forget, or don't know, was that the day following Jesus' crucifixion was a "High Sabbath" not the regular weekly Sabbath. A "High Sabbath" (there are seven of them) occur at each festival and can be on any day of the week. Because many don't make the distinction, it has been assumed that the next day was the regular weekly Sabbath. It was also called "The day of preparation," meaning preparation for the Passover.

Jesus was in the tomb a full 72 hours from Wed evening to Saturday evening. On a lunar calendar, Jesus would have been resurrected at the end of the Sabbath on Saturday evening which would have been the first day of the week in lunar terms.

Unfortunately, too many have read our modern calendar into the Bible, and it has caused some confusion.

[Trinity]

I know your probably right but i have one question

Jesus was in the tomb a full 72 hours from Wed evening to Saturday evening. On a lunar calendar, Jesus would have been resurrected at the end of the Sabbath on Saturday evening which would have been the first day of the week in lunar terms

Mark 16:2

Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

Why does the bible say Early in the morning? Just wondering, I do believe you though just a question

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[Old Timer]

The women had to wait until after the Sabbath (Saturday) was over. In addition the guards were posted for three days. There was no reason to go while the guards were posted as they would not be allowed to enter the tomb. The women knew nothing of the earthquake, stone being rolled away, the guards fainting, or the angel.

[Guest shiloh357]

I know your probably right but i have one question

Jesus was in the tomb a full 72 hours from Wed evening to Saturday evening. On a lunar calendar, Jesus would have been resurrected at the end of the Sabbath on Saturday evening which would have been the first day of the week in lunar terms

Mark 16:2

Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

Why does the bible say Early in the morning? Just wondering, I do believe you though just a question

That is when the women came to the tomb, not when Jesus was resurrected.

[Trinity]

I know your probably right but i have one question

Jesus was in the tomb a full 72 hours from Wed evening to Saturday evening. On a lunar calendar, Jesus would have been resurrected at the end of the Sabbath on Saturday evening which would have been the first day of the week in lunar terms

Mark 16:2

Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

Why does the bible say Early in the morning? Just wondering, I do believe you though just a question

That is when the women came to the tomb, not when Jesus was resurrected.

Thank you for clearing that up, i believed the same as you but never understood that part! Now i do. Thanks alot

[WITNESS THE REAL]

They claim, that Christ died on Wednesday, and therefore, John 19:31 would mean the following "Thursday" was this high Sabbath day. Problem is, that is NOT the Biblical definition of a high Sabbath day. A high Sabbath occurred when a feast day (In this case it was the Feast of Unleavened Bread) fell on the 7th day weekly Sabbath. Since the Seventh Day is already considered a Sabbath, and the feast days are considered "annual" Sabbaths, (See Lev. 23:23-38) when they fell on the same day, that day would then be considered a HIGH Sabbath day. A "Thursday" or "5th day" of the week would NEVER be considerd a High Sabbath. That is an absolute impossiblity.

PLUS.. notice this, in Luke 23:56 it states the woman did not prepare the body of Jesus on Friday because they, "...rested the sabbath day according to the commandment." Biblical FACT is, the Commandments speak of the Seventh Day Sabbath, not the annual feast day sabbaths.

PLUS, Christ was put to death on the "preparation day," of the week and the preparation day was never on a Wednesday. In all the pages of biblical history, as well as biblical jurisprudence, the preparation day has always been and will always continue to be Friday. This is graphically confirmed in Mark 15:42-43 where is states, "And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus."

[larryt]

Jesus was crucified on a Wed., not a Fri. What a lot of people forget, or don't know, was that the day following Jesus' crucifixion was a "High Sabbath" not the regular weekly Sabbath. A "High Sabbath" (there are seven of them) occur at each festival and can be on any day of the week. Because many don't make the distinction, it has been assumed that the next day was the regular weekly Sabbath. It was also called "The day of preparation," meaning preparation for the Passover.

Jesus was in the tomb a full 72 hours from Wed evening to Saturday evening. On a lunar calendar, Jesus would have been resurrected at the end of the Sabbath on Saturday evening which would have been the first day of the week in lunar terms.

Unfortunately, too many have read our modern calendar into the Bible, and it has caused some confusion.

shiloh,

You and I actually agree on something. And not to be overbearing, The jews reckoned a day from sundown to sundown not midnight to midnight.

LT

[Trinity]

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

If Jesus died on a Friday afternoon roughly 4 o'clock and rose before sunrise on a Sunday How then could Jesus have been in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights? On the Jewish, Even on our modern-day calendar that would be only 2 days.

The bible states in Mark 16:2 that Jesus

Edited December 16, 2005 by Trinity