Sabbath and bible feasts - Page 21

Esaias · #**201** 01-01-2025, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Tithesmeister

[40] For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Crucified Thursday. Friday a high Sabbath. In the earth Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday night. Resurrection on Sunday. I think this is right. Close anyway. The day starts at sundown? Sunday would be the third day.

But you forgot the three DAYS as well. Friday day, Saturday day, SUNDAY DAY = 3 days in the tomb. Thus, resurrected after sundown Sunday night. Which in turn means raised on the 4th day (the second day of the week, since after sundown on Sunday evening would technically and Biblically be the beginning of the SECOND day of the week).

So the Thursday crucifixion doesn't fit all the data, and is internally inconsistent (since the Thursday proponents demand a literal 3 days and 3 nights in the grave, which clearly makes "raised the third day" impossible by any stretch).

The Wednesday crucifixion suffers similar problems but worse. Crucified on Wednesday, in the tomb Wednesday night (1 night), Thursday day (1 day), Thursday night (2 nights), Friday day (2 days), Friday night (3 nights), Saturday day (3 days), then raised on Saturday night (the beginning of the first day of the week). BUT this means He was raised "the fourth day" once again, and not as the Bible plainly says "the third day".

The only way to have "3 days and 3 nights" AND "raised the third day" is to use partial days/nights for the "3 days and nights" which is in fact Biblical (this type of counting was used in the old testament, see 1 Kings chapter 12 and Esther chapters 4 and 5). Additonally, Luke 24:21 shows that the disciples used inclusive reckoning by counting Sunday as the "third day since" the crucifixion, which would be impossible if Jesus was crucified on Wednesday (it would be the fourth day).

The Friday crucifixion satisfies all the data points - "3 days and 3 nights" is a euphemism for basically "the day after tomorrow" which would be the "third day" - AND which happened to be the first day of the week. The other two views create inconsistencies with both the narrative and themselves.

Esaias · #**202** 01-01-2025, 03:41 PM

Another interesting point is that both Wednesday and Thursday crucifixion folks demand a literal "three days and nights in the tomb" but they have two different days for the death and burial! How can this be? Well, it can be because the Wednesday and Thursday crucifixion time lines are erroneous.