[fso301]

We celebrated the death of Jesus yesterday at our Good Friday services and on Sunday

How then did he lay in the grave 3 days and 3 nights?

[angryoldfatman]

From the original post (and from the KJV):

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. - Matthew 12:40 KJV.

Three days and three nights.

According to traditional timeline...

Friday 3:00 PM - Jesus dies.
Friday sundown - Those preparing tomb and Jesus body stop due to end of day on Shabbat, stone seals tomb.

So Friday 3:00 PM to sundown equal 1 day?

Friday sundown to Saturday sunrise - 1 night (no dispute).
Saturday sunrise to Saturday sundown - 1 day (no dispute). Nothing done to Jesus's body or tomb due to Shabbat.
Saturday sundown to Sunday sunrise - 1 night (no dispute)
Sunday sunrise - Jesus rises, tomb preparers arrive at empty tomb. Some disciples meet the risen Jesus.

First thing Sunday morning equals 1 day? And we're still missing 1 night.


Note here I never dispute the Resurrection of Jesus Christ; I indeed believe that happened. It's just that the traditional timeline of the Resurrection, the one that was used to justify Sunday as the "Sabbath", doesn't add up to me.

[Secret Agent Man]

It doesn’t say He was in the tomb for three nights.

It’s always three days. When Jesus talks abobut the temple being torn down and the masive bricks will not have one left on top of another, I will rebuild it in three days. Not three days and three nights.