Resurrection Timeline

[WintersKnight]

I don’t mean to question the authority of the Church, but if Christ was crucified on Good Friday and on the ‘third day he rose again,’ shouldn’t Easter technically fall on a Monday?

 

[ConstantineTG]

I don’t mean to question the authority of the Church, but if Christ was crucified on Good Friday and on the ‘third day he rose again,’ shouldn’t Easter technically fall on a Monday?

No. Third day is different from “three days”. It is said he rose “on the third day,” not “after three days”. The counting is different. You have to watch the words carefully. The day He died is the first day. Saturday is one day after.

Technically, Jesus could have been dead for less than 30 hours if you consider that the new day starts at sunset for the Jews. So Friday He died at 3pm. Assuming sunset is about 6:30-7pm that day, that would be then Saturday, the Sabbath, the second day. So thats 3-4 hours after his death. And 24 hour later, at sunset its already Sunday, the third day. Of course we do not know the exact hour of the Resurrection.

Again, look at Genesis. God created the world in seven days. The counting of days began the same exact moment he started creation, not the day after.

 

[MtGargano]

hi there…

Friday is the first day…crucified and died…
Saturday is the second day…in the tomb…
Sunday is the third day…so on the third day, rose from the dead…

Monday would be the fourth day…

God Bless

 

[WintersKnight]

I understand, completely. This became a silly, heated debate between my brother’s and myself–one of those stupid conversations you have between siblings. At any rate, at the end of it, I was completely confused.