Posted on 04/18/2025 8:10:41 PM PDT by Texan4Life
Inquiring Minds... The SIGN of JONAH | Tim Moore & Nathan Jones
How long was Jesus dead and buried in the tomb?
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
Then 3 days and 3 nights later, I believe that Jesus left the tomb sometime after sundown that Saturday night.
I also believe that there were 2 Sabbaths that week.
So do I.
My Bible says different. We’ll have to agree to disagree.
The day after Passover is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread:
”On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.” - Leviticus 23:7
Jews recognized days from evening to evening and a partial day was still considered that day. IOW, Jesus was buried Friday before sunset, it was considered Friday. The Sabbath He rested (as was His custom) but this time in a tomb. day 2 And He arose Sunday morning day 3.
No. Friday is the first day, Sunday the third.
According to the forensic evidence in the Shroud, and the opinions of many doctors who studied the Shroud image and the blood, and who found there was no evidence of Decay in the image, he was only dead for about 36 to 40 hours, before he resurrected.
>>>Jews recognized days from evening to evening and a partial day was still considered that day. IOW, Jesus was buried Friday before sunset, it was considered Friday. The Sabbath He rested (as was His custom) but this time in a tomb. day 2 And He arose Sunday morning day 3.>>>
Yes, exactly. Agree. Some believe he went to heaven that Friday because he told the thief he would take him to paradise that day. But we know he didn’t go to heaven that day because he later told Mary “touch me not for I have not yet ascended to my Father.”
Their is no puncuation in the original Greek. Jesus was merely telling the thief THAT day....the day he was on the cross , the day when all hope seemed lost, the day when he was going to die.........I tell you today....I tell you right now, that you will be with me in paradise.
The interesting thing is after his resurrection, he did in fact go to heaven and return to earth. Because after he told Mary not to touch him, for he had not yet ascended ....later he told the doubting Thomas....go ahead, touch me.
The Bible does not tell us why he would have gone to heaven and returned but the best explanation I have read as to why is found in the spirit of prophecy, Desire of Ages and you know what book that is. It just elevates Christ so much!
No. Christ was crucified on Friday and risen on Sunday morning. The third day.
Why?
Because the peculiar math, which was then used. It was used everywhere, surprisingly, even by famous mathematicians like Pythagoras or Euclid. Number zero was discovered about thousand years later.
So Friday, the first day, Saturday (Sabbath) the second day, Sunday, the third day.
If we count the current way we count, he was dead only one and half day, but using the ancient math, he was indeed risen on the third day.
When Did Jesus Die?
Resolving Three Days and Three Nights
By Dr. James Hugg
(Note: Dr. James Hugg is one of the longest-serving members of Lamb & Lion Ministries’ Board of Trustees. He is an avid student of Scripture and follower of Yeshua. He earned his PhD in nuclear physics from Stanford University and has worked in the medical research field. He and his wife, Susan, have two grown children and live in Tyler, Texas.)
https://christinprophecy.org/articles/when-did-jesus-die/
“How long was Jesus dead and buried in the tomb”?
Long enough.
Three days. He died Friday, In the grave Saturday and rose again on Sunday. It was not three perfect 24 hours period. In ancient times the day ended at sun down and the beginning of the day was sun up.
“Peculiar” “Ancient math” pff.
It’s no different than how we designate days of the week now.
The first day: Thursday evening to Friday evening, during which He died “at the ninth hour” (approximately 3pm).
The second day: Friday evening to Saturday evening.
The third day: Saturday evening to Sunday evening, during which He rose.
This is no more mysterious than in our current midnight-to-midnight reckoning. If I say I wrote this today 11pm local (Friday still) and you read it on Sunday at 8am local, I wrote it on the first day and you read it on the third day albeit it being 33 hours difference rather than 72. (Example chosen here being intentionally different than the Passion).
Just to now muddle things up, 24 hours is a day, but the difference between Monday and Tuesday might only be a minute. :)
Let’s see... Friday, Saturday, Sunday. How many days did I just list? Oh right, Three. If I said I went camping Friday, Saturday and Sunday and I told you that on the second day I fished, what would that day be? And if I headed home on the third day, what day would that be? This is a silly discussion.
Never heard about Dr James Hugg.
But I read the Scripture, I know that he was buried in haste on Friday, so they were not violating the Sabbath.
Then Sunday morning, ASAP, they went to finish the burial and discovered the empty tomb.
The bible and two thousands years of Church tradition trump some Dr. theories.
I am also familiar with the math history.
The math used in Jesus times was different than the math we are using now.
E.g., our calendar still uses the same math. We have years AD. and BC., but there is no zero year!
Jesus was born on year one (1) AD!
(He was actually born about 4 BC, but that’s different story.)
So yes, according to the ancient math, Friday, day one, Sunday day three.
Three days and three nights would definitely violate the principles of the ancient math. Mathematicians in Jesus times would laugh on Dr Hugg!
Not necessarily silly, but, to your point, seemingly, it really shouldn’t end up throwing anybody’s faith journey into the ditch!
There’s something to the assertion that people in biblical times, and who expressed themselves verbally in recognizably biblical ways, had somewhat different conceptions than we do about indicating time spans, particularly time spans measured in days.
I agree, but it has been going on for two thousand years.
The Greek word used in John 20:17 that is sometimes translated as "touch" is haptou. It can (and is in many translations) also be translated as "cling (to)", "hold on to", or attach (oneself) to". Translating it this way would seem to indicate that Jesus was forbidding a different type of action by Mary Magdalene than he was Thomas in John 20:27 ("“Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side.")
Since the passage in John that relates Mary's encounter with Jesus doesn't actually describe her physically touching him any way, many commentators take his words to mean that Mary (and the other disciples who knew him on earth) are no longer to regard him in the physical way they once knew him because he would soon be ascending to heaven in his glorified body, no longer dwelling with them on earth, but spiritually, through the power of the Holy Spirit sent on Pentecost.
All this time Jesus had not yet ascended to heaven (as he told Mary). When Jesus told the Good Thief that he would be with him on Paradise "that day" he was referring to his descent to the part of the abode of the dead also called Sheol, or the bosom of Abraham where dwelled the righteous dead awaiting Christ's redemption so that heaven would be open to them (think of the story of the rich man and Lazarus). When Jesus ascended into heaven 40 days after his resurrection, that was the time he took those righteous dead with him (including, we can assume, the Good thief). See Ephesians 4:8-10.
You are correct. Those who do the Friday Sunday thing are caught up in the RCC and the traditions spawned from it. All anyone has to do is figure out the requirements of the Hebrews re Days, Newly sighted moon, and Torah.. “The Law”
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.