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THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS?

IF Jesus was crucified on Friday, that would give Him one full day and part of two other days to be dead, being there is no contradictions that He was raised on Sunday.

John 19:12-14 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. [13] When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. [14] And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! [KJV]

This event took place NOT during for preparation for the Sabbath, but for during preparation for the Passover. This was the evening of Nisan 14. Nisan is the first month in the Jewish calendar, which corresponds with our March. Nisan was formerly Abib (Ex.12:2; Ex.13:4; Deut.16:1). The name ‘Abib’ was changed after the captivity to Nisan (Neh.2:1; Esth.3:7).

The lambs were being slaughtered, cleaned, and roasted with fire and were eaten that night after sunset, which began Nisan 15.

John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. [KJV]
This Sabbath was known as the “high Sabbath” because Nisan 15 began the seven day feast of unleavened bread. It’s first day was a Sabbath with a “holy convocation” and “no manner of work shall be done” (Ex.12:16). The Passover was the most important of all feasts, and obviously this was the “high” Sabbath to which John referred.

It was different from an ordinary Sabbath day. Only once in every seven years would the “high” Sabbath coincide with the regular Saturday Sabbath. In AD 32, the first day of the unleavened bread on which the Passover lamb was eaten, occurred on Thursday. Nisan 14 ended at sunset Thursday, and this all in fits perfectly with Jesus riding into Jerusalem on the donkey’s colt (Luke 19:30-38), which would have been Nisan 10, when the chosen, sacrificial lambs were separated from the flock and watched for four days (Ex.12:3,6).

It is therefore no mystery or coincidence that Christ Jesus offered Himself on Nisan 10, a Sunday (our Palm Sunday).

The following is a schedule of Jesus’ last days on Earth as Man:

Nisan 10, Sunday (Palm Sunday) --- Christ offers Himself as God’s Perfect Passover Lamb. (Luke 19:30-38).
Nisan 14, Thursday --- the day the Passover lambs were slain. This is the day when “Christ our Passover” was nailed to the cross (1 Cor. 5:7).
Nisan 17, Sunday --- Resurrection Sunday! Jesus rose from the dead!

Luke 24:1-9 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. [2] And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. [3] And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. [4] And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: [5] And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? [6] He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, [7] Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. [8] And they remembered his words, [9] And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. (KJV)

This special Sabbath (“high Sabbath”) went from Wednesday sunset to Thursday sunset. The regular Sabbath went from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset, so the women could not possibly get to the grave until Sunday morning for they were not permitted to do any work whatsoever. Christ was in the grave three nights as well as three days.

Matthew 12:40 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. (KJV)

Appearances Of Christ After His Resurrection.

To Mary Magdalene (Mk 16:9)
To The Other Women (Mt 28:9)
To Two Disciples (Lu 24:15)
To The Eleven Disciples (Lu 24:36)
To Peter (1Co 15:5)
To The Ten, Thomas Absent (Jn 20:19)
To The Eleven Disciples (Jn 20:26)
At The Sea Of Galilee (Jn 21:1)
To Five Hundred Brethren (1Co 15:6)
To Eleven Disciples In Galilee (Mt 28:17)
To James (1Co 15:7)
At The Time Of His Ascension (Lu 24:50)
To Paul At His Conversion (Ac 9:5 1Co 15:8)

JESUS LIVES!! HE'S ALIVE!!!

THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS?

Matthew 12:38-40 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. [39] But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: [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. (KJV)

Since Jesus claimed to be the Messiah, the Jews demanded a sign from Him to prove His claim. Jesus could give them no better proof that He was the Christ than the literal fulfillment of the well-known sign of Jonah (Luke 11:30). If this sign were not literally fulfilled, it would prove unto the Jews that He was not their Messiah. This was the ONLY sign Jesus ever gave them to prove His Messiahship. SO . . . there was a great need for Jesus to do exactly what He promised them to do.

Mark 8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. (KJV)

Did Christ mean what He said? Did He REALLY mean that He would be buried in the Earth for three days and three nights? Jesus did NOT say: "After two nights and one day I will rise again." He said: "After three days I will rise again." He meant EXACTLY that . . . a full three days and three nights! 72 hours!

The Jews remembered this when He was crucified.

Matthew 27:62-64 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, [63] Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. [64] Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. (KJV)

The Jews did all they could to stop His resurrection. They set a watch, made the sepulchre sure, and sealed the stone. "After three days I will rise again" was necessary to fulfill the Jonah sign.

Some interpreters of the Bible try to make Christ Jesus a liar, saying that Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, buried about sundown the same day, and arose on the next Sunday about daybreak. This does NOT agree with the Scriptures! Even a child knows that this is only two nights and one day. If Jesus were crucified on Good Friday and arose on Sunday morning as they say, then He did NOT literally fulfill the sign of Jonah. If He did not fulfill this sign as He promised the Jews, then He was an impostor and not the Messiah! Did Christ Jesus lie to the Jews about His burial and resurrection? NO!

I do not care what so-called scholars think or say, but I am deeply concerned about their accusing my Lord Jesus of lying! Christ Jesus plainly said He would be in the grave "three days and three nights". He very clearly stated that He would rise again "after three days." I believe . . . I KNOW He fulfilled the sign of Jonah and proved His Messiahship. Matthew 28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. (KJV) This is the testimony of God’s angel at the tomb. God's angels do NOT lie!

"Day" in the Bible means the time between dawn and darkness. Jesus believed there were 12 hours in a day. John 11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. (KJV) Jesus is saying that a day and night consist of 24 hours. There is NO higher authorities than God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ! So . . . a new day began at 6 o'clock in the evening and lasted until the same time the next evening. . . a period of 24 hours . . . a 12-hour night followed by a 12-hour day! This should settle the matter for all TRUE believers!

The Good Friday Hoax

The Bible does NOT say OR imply ANYWHERE 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 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, (KJV) The day before the annual Sabbath (Wednesday).
Luke 23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. (KJV) The day before the annual Sabbath (Wednesday).
John 19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! (KJV) Preparation of the Passover is the day before the Sabbath.
John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. (KJV) Preparation of the Passover is the day before the Sabbath.
John 19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. (KJV) The day before the Sabbath.

Because the Jewish WEEKLY Sabbath came on Saturday, many Bible interpreters have assumed Jesus was crucified on "Good Friday". This is NOT true because the Bible gives much evidence that the Jews had OTHER Sabbaths beside the weekly Sabbath which fell on Saturday.
The first day of the Passover week, no matter on what day of the week it came, was always an ANNUAL Sabbath.

Leviticus 23:6-7 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. [7] In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. (KJV)

On the 7th day of this feast, the 21st of Nisan, was another ANNUAL Sabbath.

Leviticus 23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. (KJV)

The day of Pentecost was an ANNUAL Sabbath.

Numbers 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: (KJV)

This is the reason we read about Sabbaths (plural) in the Old Testament.

Leviticus 26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. (KJV) More than one Sabbath!

Leviticus 26:34-35 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. [35] As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. (KJV) More than one Sabbath!

Leviticus 26:43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. (KJV) More than one Sabbath!

The Bible makes it very plain, when Jesus was crucified and buried.

Mark 15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, (KJV)

It was the preparation day on which the Passover Supper was made ready. Actually it was the preparation for the Holy Day, the Night to Be Much Remembered, the 14th of Nisan.

John 13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. (KJV)
John 13:29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. (KJV)
John 18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. (KJV) The day before the Sabbath.

It was the preparation to keep the Passover Sabbath . . . the ANNUAL Sabbath which always came on the 15th day of the first ecclesiastical month.
John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. (KJV) Its greatness was due to the fact that it was the ANNUAL Sabbath of the Passover Festival.

There were TWO Sabbaths the Week Jesus was crucified. Matthew makes it plain that two Sabbaths had passed since Jesus was crucified. On this verse nearly all translators have allowed tradition to control their translation.

Matthew 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. (KJV)

This allows for the ANNUAL Sabbath on Thursday and the WEEKLY Sabbath on Saturday. When Jesus was buried near sundown on the day of the Passover, Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary watched the burial.

Matthew 27:58-61 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. [59] And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, [60] And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. [61] And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. (KJV)

Immediately after the burial (Wednesday evening), Luke says: Luke 23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. (KJV)

This Sabbath was the ANNUAL Sabbath on Thursday. The day after the ANNUAL Sabbath (Friday) the women bought spices.

Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. (KJV)

When the ANNUAL Sabbath was over, the women bought spices. After preparing the spices on Friday: Luke 23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. (KJV)

The women rested on the WEEKLY Sabbath (Saturday).
If you go by the traditional interpretation buried on “Good Friday” . . . Mark and Luke contradict each other. Mark 16:1 states that the Sabbath was past when the spices were purchased. In Luke 23:56 we are told that the women prepared the spices and ointments, and rested the Sabbath day.

If Jesus lay in the grave ONLY on one Sabbath, Mark and Luke contradict each other. But . . . IF He was in the grave TWO Sabbaths (Thursday and Saturday) . . . with a work day (Friday) between them, then Mark and Luke are in perfect harmony!

The Resurrection Late Saturday Evening

WHEN does the Bible say that Jesus rose from the dead?

Matthew 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. (KJV) The end of the WEEKLY Sabbath (Saturday) . . . The Sabbath always ended at sunset.

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. (KJV)

The Sabbath was from one evening to the next evening! The women went to the tomb BEFORE sunset on Saturday. Jesus had risen from the dead before their arrival (Matthew 28:1-8). SO . . . According to the Bible, Christ Jesus arose before sunset on Saturday.

Mark 16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. (KJV)

SO . . . IF Jesus were buried at sunset on Wednesday and arose at sunset on Saturday, He DID fulfill the sign of Jonah. He would have been in the grave Wednesday night, Thursday night, and Friday night . . . a full "three days" . . . a full "three days and three nights." And since a day begins at sunset, Saturday evening would have been considered Sunday, the first day of the week when He arose.

This is a literal fulfillment of the words of Christ! Matthew 12:40 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. (KJV)

Catholic tradition makes Christ Jesus a liar. Believe the BIBLE!

1 Cor. 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: (KJV) Jesus rose the THIRD day . . . NOT the second day according to Roman Catholic tradition!

The Bible does NOT contain errors . . . so we know that ALL Passages must harmonize. So "after three days" means the same as "the third day."

Matthew 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. (KJV)

There is NOTHING, anywhere in the Bible, to agree with the "Good Friday" crucifixion of Christ Jesus. The Biblical record harmonizes with a Wednesday crucifixion and Saturday evening resurrection . . . a full 72 hours. It proves that Christ Jesus fulfilled the sign of Jonah and that He absolutely proved His Messiahship!

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