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Jesus had dinner with his disciples on Wednesday night, which began at sunset or about 6 pm. He was arrested later that night and in the morning tried and convicted and placed on the cross at the third hour which would have been about 9 am Wednesday morning. He died at 3 pm that day, Wednesday, according to Matthew 27:46. We know from the Scriptures that Christ was dead then and the hurry was to get him in the ground before the high day which began at sunset. You can’t count the time prior to sunset or 6 pm as the first day. That’s ridiculous.
So from sunset Wednesday(Thursday night) until sunset Thursday(beginning of Friday night) Christ remained in the tomb. From sunset Thursday night(actually the beginning of Friday night), Christ was still there. The weekly Sabbath began at sunset Friday(the beginning of Saturday night) and ended at sunset on Saturday evening, the beginning of Sunday night.
Now we aren’t told when Christ arose. All we are told is that he was resurrected “on the third day” or as Mark 8:31 and Matthew 27:63 says, “after the third day”.
We read that Mary Magdalene came to anoint Christ on “the first day of the week…at the rising of the sun.” She found the stone moved and Christ was gone. She was told He had “risen.” We aren’t told exactly when he arose. If you want to believe He arose on the third day, then He must have arose about sunset on Saturday. If you want to believe He arose “after” the third day, He could have arisen anytime after sunset on Saturday. Fact is we don’t know, Scripture doesn’t tell us but we know Christ said that the sign He would give would be that He would be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. We know from Genesis that God counts a day as “the night and then the day” was the first day. “The night and the day” was the second day, etc.
This is simply a case of trying to make things fit a long held belief but it doesn’t hold water. Christ could not have been killed, buried on Friday evening and arose Sunday morning. He was already risen on Sunday morning.
That expression—was risen—is the sole basis for the idea that Christ was resurrected on Sunday morning—yet it says nothing of the sort! Instead, it simply confirms that Christ had already been resurrected and emerged from the tomb by the time Mary arrived.
So you have a choice: You can believe the common tradition, the minister down the street and most of your neighbors—or you can believe the only sign Jesus gave, the historical record found in your Bible, and an elementary mathematical calculation.
Once again, the important thing is that Christ died for our sins and was resurrected and sits at the right hand of God until He will return—soon I believe.
Chris, Thanks for asking about Grace. She is doing well. Knee surgery didn’t fix much, needs a complete…Her pacemaker is doing fine and we both are fine. We just received our 5th G-Grandchild the 27th of December and have another due in February. One of our granddaughters is getting married Saturday. God has blessed us. We have 11 grandchildren(3 married) and now 5 g-grandchildren, plus all the new spouses, etc. A very large family, all living within 20 miles of us…
Jesus had dinner with his disciples on Wednesday night, which began at sunset or about 6 pm. He was arrested later that night and in the morning tried and convicted and placed on the cross at the third hour which would have been about 9 am Wednesday morning. He died at 3 pm that day, Wednesday, according to Matthew 27:46. We know from the Scriptures that Christ was dead then and the hurry was to get him in the ground before the high day which began at sunset. You can’t count the time prior to sunset or 6 pm as the first day. That’s ridiculous.
So from sunset Wednesday(Thursday night) until sunset Thursday(beginning of Friday night) Christ remained in the tomb. From sunset Thursday night(actually the beginning of Friday night), Christ was still there. The weekly Sabbath began at sunset Friday(the beginning of Saturday night) and ended at sunset on Saturday evening, the beginning of Sunday night.
Now we aren’t told when Christ arose. All we are told is that he was resurrected “on the third day” or as Mark 8:31 and Matthew 27:63 says, “after the third day”.
We read that Mary Magdalene came to anoint Christ on “the first day of the week…at the rising of the sun.” She found the stone moved and Christ was gone. She was told He had “risen.” We aren’t told exactly when he arose. If you want to believe He arose on the third day, then He must have arose about sunset on Saturday. If you want to believe He arose “after” the third day, He could have arisen anytime after sunset on Saturday. Fact is we don’t know, Scripture doesn’t tell us but we know Christ said that the sign He would give would be that He would be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. We know from Genesis that God counts a day as “the night and then the day” was the first day. “The night and the day” was the second day, etc.
This is simply a case of trying to make things fit a long held belief but it doesn’t hold water. Christ could not have been killed, buried on Friday evening and arose Sunday morning. He was already risen on Sunday morning.
That expression—was risen—is the sole basis for the idea that Christ was resurrected on Sunday morning—yet it says nothing of the sort! Instead, it simply confirms that Christ had already been resurrected and emerged from the tomb by the time Mary arrived.
So you have a choice: You can believe the common tradition, the minister down the street and most of your neighbors—or you can believe the only sign Jesus gave, the historical record found in your Bible, and an elementary mathematical calculation.
Once again, the important thing is that Christ died for our sins and was resurrected and sits at the right hand of God until He will return—soon I believe.
Chris, Thanks for asking about Grace. She is doing well. Knee surgery didn’t fix much, needs a complete…Her pacemaker is doing fine and we both are fine. We just received our 5th G-Grandchild the 27th of December and have another due in February. One of our granddaughters is getting married Saturday. God has blessed us. We have 11 grandchildren(3 married) and now 5 g-grandchildren, plus all the new spouses, etc. A very large family, all living within 20 miles of us…
