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To: MarkBsnr
I am familiar with the argument but it has several problems:

First: If it was the majority of the day or night, then that might be considered as a day or a night, but if it is just a snippet at the end or beginning, then hardly could that be considered as such.

Second: The three days and three nights has to be fulfilled. Using the "part = a whole" argument, the shortest the three day period could be is: part of a day + a full night + a full day + a full night + a full day + part of a night. That means that He had to be buried atleast by Thursday. Friday won't work.

Third: Jesus was not buried until after evening on Passover. Joseph of Arimathea did not even go to Pilate until evening [sunset] had come. That rules out one of your three days needed in your accounting.

Finally: The Passover Crucifixion was in 30 AD and Passover in 30 AD was a Wednesday not a Friday.

389 posted on 04/10/2007 8:12:03 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: Uncle Chip

Well, Jesus died at 3:00 in the afternoon. There is still a large portion of the day left.

If the 3 days and 3 nights, as postulated by the Church and many others, actually means, as shown numerous times throughout the Bible, as on the third day - as it also says in the three other Gospels - then Friday does work.

And are you really sure that Jesus really did die in 30 AD?


391 posted on 04/10/2007 9:09:14 AM PDT by MarkBsnr (In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen)
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