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To: Godzilla
Read your bible more, with Saturday being the sabbath and the last day of the week, Sunday is naturally the first day of the week. Mt 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.

I have read enough to know that all four accounts differ considerably on this. But the point was that Mary Magdalene discovered the empty tomb around dawn on Sunday. That doesn't mean that it wasn't empty Saturday at 11:59 pm. The Scriptures don't fix the time only the discovery.

166 posted on 12/08/2005 7:37:06 AM PST by AmusedBystander
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To: AmusedBystander
I have read enough to know that all four accounts differ considerably on this. But the point was that Mary Magdalene discovered the empty tomb around dawn on Sunday. That doesn't mean that it wasn't empty Saturday at 11:59 pm. The Scriptures don't fix the time only the discovery.

Obviously not close enough. Read further in Matthew -

Matthew 28:1-10
1 After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb. 2 Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.

The opening of the tomb in the other gospel parallels is indicative of the time of the resurrection. It is nonsensical to think that the moment of resurrection was 11:59 PM Saturday when the associated opening of the tomb, and appearances of Jesus indicate otherwise.

168 posted on 12/08/2005 7:54:44 AM PST by Godzilla (Jesus - The REASON for the SEASON)
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