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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 at 11:59 am

Christians in quandary, When and how did Jesus die?

Was Jesus in the tomb for three days and three nights?

By: Milburn Cockrell: Courtesy a Christian website:

http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/was-jesus-in-the-grave-for-three-days-and-nights.html

"Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said: A generation looking An evil and adulterous seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth "(Matthew 12:38-40).

Given Jesus claimed to be the Messiah, the Jews demanded a sign of things to prove your claim. Jesus could give better proof that He was Christ that compliance signal literal known of John, Luke 11:30. If this signal is not literally fulfilled, it would show that he was not the Messiah. This was the only time Jesus given to prove he was the Messiah. Hence the great need for it to do exactly what He had promised to do.

Mark 8:31 tells us:

"And he began to teach that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and then three days rise again. "

Did Christ mean what he said? Do you really expect to be buried in the earth for three days and three nights? Jesus not say, "After two nights and one day I will rise again." He said, "After three days rise again." He was referring to three days and three nights-a full 72 hours!

The Jews remembered this sign when He was crucified.

"Now, the next day, following the day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate, saying, Lord, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was still alive after three days rise again. Command therefore that the tomb was said until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal, and tell the people that rose from the dead: the last error shall be worse than the first "(Matthew 27:62-64).

They did everything possible to prevent their resurrection. They watch, secured the tomb and sealed the stone. "After three days rise again" was necessary to comply with the sign of Jonah.

Modern interpreters of the Bible that Jesus Christ is a liar. They say that Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, buried by sunset the same day, and rose at dawn on Sunday contrary to the Scriptures! Any child knows that this is only two nights and a day. If He was crucified Good Friday and rose on Sunday morning, as they say, then did not literally fulfill the sign of Jonah. If He did not comply with this sign as promised the Jews, then he was an impostor and not the Messiah! In other words, Jesus Christ lied to the Jews about His burial and resurrection.

If the good is Friday's theory correct as some teach, then the Bible contains "highly figurative language" which requires a human interpreter to tell people what the verses really mean. For this same liberal method of interpreting Scripture that can destroy all the basic doctrines of the Bible.

Not I care much for what the experts say! But I am very concerned about not accusing my Lord of lies! Jesus clearly said that he would be in the grave "three days and three nights. "He emphatically declared He would rise" after three days. "I believe that He fulfilled the sign of Jonah and vindicated His Messiahship. In Matthew 28:6, we read the testimony of the angel at the tomb:

"He is not here, because it is risen, as He said."
He said he would be in the grave "three days and three nights" and "after three days" rise again. Jesus fulfilled the sign of Jonah. But he was not crucified on Good Friday, nor increase Sunday morning!

Part-of-a-day of theory wrong

The men, in order to get the Bible from embarrassment, they claim that the Jews had a day as part of a day. Passages as Genesis 42:17, 18; 1 Samuel 30:12, 13; Esther 4:15-17, 1 Kings 20:29, and 1 Chronicles 10:05 is quoted to prove this theory. However, none of these passages prove "three days and three nights "means two nights and a day. Only one of them even contains the expression" three days and three nights "1 Samuel 30:12. But there is absolutely no reason to give "three days and three nights" in Samuel 30:12 any meaning except their literal meaning.

Divine Inspiration says the young man "had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights." What authority does the man at odds with the plain words, the say the weather was not so long? The expression "three days, night and day", in Esther 4:15, is not the same wording as "three days and three nights" in Matthew 12:40. No mention of any night, all in the other passages, therefore, offer no evidence to mean "three days and three nights." No reason to take any of the passages cited in any sense except their literal sense, unless one has a theory to test. The "Three days and three nights "in Jonah 1:17 are to be taken in its literal sense.

Assuming that some of the Jews took into account a part of the day for a whole day, can be shown that this is what Jesus meant? Can it be proven that the Jews counted a part of a day as a full day and night? Where test is the inspired Word?

However, the defenders of the good tradition of Friday would have us believe that a part of a day meant everything a day and all night. Men who believe that the Bible is literally true dare not accept this reasoning.

The Meaning of the Bible Day

The word "day" in the Bible in its primary sense means the interval between dawn and dusk.

"YY God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. . . "(Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:14-18 Compare;. 8:22)
This is the first occurrence of the word "day" in the Bible, and the Lord God gives meaning. Jesus believed that there were 12 hours in a day. 'I asked in John 11:9:

"... Do not there are twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks by day will not stumble because he sees the light of this world. "
Jesus made a day and night consist of 24 hours. Can have some higher authority that the Lord God and Jesus Christ? No authorities and resolve the issue of all true believers?

In the Bible, one day is the time interval covering the period between two successive risings of the sun (Genesis 7:24, Job 3:16). The Hebrews reckoned from evening to night Exodus 12:18,

"... From evening to evening, you will have your sabbath" (Leviticus 23:32).
The night of 12 hours in the evening began and ended at sunrise. It had before the day of 12 hours.

"And the evening and morning the first day" (Genesis 1:5).
Therefore, a new day began at 6 pm and lasted until the same hour the next evening-a period of 24 hours a night of 12 hours followed by a 12-hour day!

Good deception Friday

The Bible nowhere says or implies that Jesus was crucified and died on Good Friday! It is said that Jesus was crucified on

"The day before the Sabbath" (Mark 15:42, Luke 23:54, John 19:14, 31, 42).
As the week came the Jewish Sabbath on Saturday, experts have assumed that Jesus was crucified on Good Friday. This is poor reasoning because the Bible is abundant testimony that the Jews had other Sabbaths beside the weekly Sabbath which fell on Saturday.

The first day of Passover week, no matter what day of the week it came, was always one year Saturday.

"And on the fifteenth day of the month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Jehovah: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. I on the first day have a holy convocation shall do no servile work therein "(Leviticus 23:6, 7).
On the seventh day of this feast, on 21 Nisan, was another annual Sabbath:

"... On the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall no servile work therein" (Leviticus 23:8).
The day of Pentecost was a year Saturday 28:26 Numbers. This is why we read in the plural Saturday in the Old Testament, Leviticus 26:2, 34, 35, 43.

The Bible is very clear, Jesus was crucified and buried on:

"... The preparation, ie, the eve of Sabbath "(Mark 15:42).
John says:

"And it was the eve of Passover" (John 19:14).
It was the preparation day that was made ready the Passover Meal [Editor's note: actually it was the preparation for the Day Holy Night to be much more memorable], on 14 Nisan John 13:1, 29; 18:28. It was the preparation for Easter Saturday to Saturday was always the annual 15th of the month church first. John 19:31 says:

"... (For that sabbath day was an high day)...."
His greatness was due to the fact that Saturday was the annual party Easter.

Two Sabbaths that Week

Matthew makes it clear that there were two Sabbaths passed since Jesus was crucified. The RV is this representation:

"On the day of rest, since the dawn of the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the tomb "(Matthew 28:1).
In this verse nearly all translators have allowed tradition to control translation. It is not "Sabbath" but "Saturday" in the Greek text (the genitive case and the plural). The verse properly translated would read:

"At the end of the day rest. . . . "
This allows an annual Sabbath on Thursday and Saturday regular on Saturday.

When Jesus was buried near sundown on the day of Easter,

"Mary Magdalene and the other Mary"
Matthew 27:58-61 seen the burial. Immediately after the burial, Lucas says:

"And that day was the preparation and the Sabbath" (Luke 03:54).
This Saturday was an annual Sabbath on Thursday. The day after the annual Sabbath the women bought spices, Mark 16:1. Luke tells us that women, after preparing the spices on Friday,

"... Rested the sabbath day according to the commandment" (Luke 23:56).
The traditional interpretation makes Mark and Luke contradict each other. In Mark 16:01 we are told that last Saturday, when the spices were purchased. "If" is inserted without any authority of the Greek text.

"You can not account for variation bought sweet spices. There had bought" (An American Commentary on the New Testament, vol. 11, p. 251).
In Luke 23:56 we are told that the women prepared spices and ointments, and rested the Sabbath day. If Jesus was in the tomb Saturday only, Mark and Luke contradict each other. But if he stayed there two days of rest with a day of work between them, then Mark and Luke harmonize to perfection.

The Easter Saturday night

When the Bible says Jesus rose from the dead? The two Mary's came to the tomb:

"At the end of the Sabbath" (Matthew 28:1).
The Sabbath always ended at sunset:

"From evening to evening, you will have your rest" (Leviticus 23:32).
They went to the tomb before sunset on Saturday. Jesus had risen from the dead before their arrival Matthew 28:1-8. According to Bible, Jesus Christ rose before dawn on Saturday. Christ did not rise on the morning of Sunday by the Blessed two saw him, heard him speak, and kept his feet as Saturday ended and began the first day of the week.

"At the end of the Sabbath, and at dawn the first day of week. . . "(Matthew 28:1).
Mark 16:9 tells us that Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene early the first day of the week that was Saturday after sunset. The nearer after sunset this happened, the former in the first week it was. Marcos said she was not alone in the moment he first saw Jesus, Matthew tells us that:

"The other Mary was with her" (Matthew 28:1).
The date of the Crucifixion

Having shown in Matthew 28:1 that Jesus rose from the grave as the Sabbath ended at sunset and began the first day of the week This would place the crucifixion on Wednesday evening as the preparation day ended and started the annual Sabbath. According to the Gospel writers Jesus died on the ninth hour (3:00 pm our time) and was buried at sunset that day, Luke 23:44, 45, 50-54, Mark 15:33-38, 42-47.

If Jesus was buried at sunset on Wednesday and arose at sunset on Saturday, He fulfilled the sign of Jonah. He would have been in the tomb Wednesday night, the night of Thursday and Friday evening, a full "three days". Altogether a total of "three days and three nights." So we have a literal fulfillment of Christ's words in Matthew 12:40. therefore there is no need to follow the Catholic tradition which makes Jesus Christ a liar. Indeed,

"... He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:4),
not the second day according to the Catholic tradition Roman!

The third day

Some Scriptures speak of His resurrection

"After three days" (Mark 8:31; 9:31 RV, RV 10:34, Matthew 27:63).
Other verses say

"Three days" (Matthew 26:60, 61; 27:39, 40, Mark 14:58, 15:29, 30; John 2:19, 20).
And others talk about

"On the third day" (Matthew 16:21, 17:23, 20:19, 27:64, Luke 9:22, 18, 33, 24:6, 7, 21, 46, Acts 10:40, 1 Corinthians 16:4).
Some do more "on the third day" in Luke 24:21, and say that if the crucifixion took place on Wednesday, Sunday would be the fourth day since these things were made. But the answer is simple. These things were just starting Thursday at dusk on Wednesday. That is so completed on Thursday, and the first day since Thursday would be Friday, the second day since Thursday would be Saturday, and "the third day, since "Thursday would be Sunday, the first day of the week.

So the supposed objection in reality supports the crucifixion on Wednesday. But if the crucifixion took place on Friday, have no way Sunday could be "the third day since" these things were done.

A Unless we believe the Bible contains errors, we know that all passages must harmonize. Therefore, "after three days" must mean the same as "the third day, "Matthew 16:21.

There is nothing in the Bible to promote good Friday crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The biblical record harmonizes with a crucifixion Wednesday and Saturday night-a full 72 hours resurrection. This view allows a literal interpretation of "three days and three nights." Allow the word "after three days" to mean just that. This shows that Jesus Christ fulfilled the sign of Jonah and therefore turned out to be the Messiah of the Jews.

By: Milburn Cockrell

Paarsurrey says:

What is clear from this that the Christians are in doubt about the death of Jesus on the Cross. The difference is in almost every detail. Catholics, Protestants believe that the incident of crucifixion occurred on Friday, just to avoid a lot of questions about why the funeral rites according to Jewish custom, were not carried out, if Jesus had died on the Cross. You can read my post:

Other Christians resort to believe that the incident occurred Wednesday.

I ask Christians to do research on the issue with sincerity and open-minded and accept the truth wherever it comes.

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