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To: MrB

Yes Mr. B, it’s all there in Scripture as you correctly point out. Some here might have been a bit confused on the subject, which was also correctly pointed out as not central to our faith or salvation, but nevertheless worthwhile because it is so pregnant with prophetic fulfillment.

A few years ago, I also wasn’t quite clear on this and had to do some digging - it all came down to realizing the Jewish day begins at sunset. That throws us westerners. The “last supper” was actually eaten on our Thursday night which threw me until I realized that that night was the beginning of the passover day and the day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath which began the following night.

Jesus died at “the ninth hour” (our 3pm) but it appears they didn’t take him down from the cross right away because usually it takes longer for people to die from crucifixion and the Romans didn’t know he had died yet. So, as you also point out, it appears he wasn’t put in the tomb until near sunset so they couldn’t anoint his body because it was now the Sabbath. Interesting.


70 posted on 03/02/2015 7:31:51 AM PST by PapaNew (The grace of God & freedom always win the debate in the forum of ideas over unjust law & government)
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To: PapaNew

That whole “day beginning with sunset” is a problem for Westerners reading Genesis as well.

There was an evening, and a morning, the Xth day.


71 posted on 03/02/2015 7:43:58 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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