Day 2: Thursday (5th day of the week) evening at sunset to Friday evening at sunset.
Day 3: Friday (6th day of the week) evening at sunset to Saturday evening at sunset.
Our Lord could have risen at any time after sunset on Saturday (7th day of the week). When the women went to the sepulcher EARLY on the first day of the week, Christ was ALREADY risen. There is no Scriptural necessity for Him to have had to wait until sunrise.
***Our Lord could have risen at any time after sunset on Saturday (7th day of the week). When the women went to the sepulcher EARLY on the first day of the week, Christ was ALREADY risen. There is no Scriptural necessity for Him to have had to wait until sunrise.***
Yes, He didn’t have to wait until sunrise, and in my post, I didn’t say that He did, only that the Resurrection happened after sunset on Saturday. “Day 3 was from sundown on Saturday through sundown on Sunday, the day he arose from the dead.”
Your day 1 through day 3 are your interpretation of it. I don’t see it your way, but I’m not a scholar on the issue.
Jesus was buried prior to sunset or else the Sabbath would have been violated.
A Wednesday crucifixion is impossible. Sunday is the 5th day from Wednesday and we know Jesus rose on the third day ( Luke 9:22 )
What Christians have believed for 2,000 years is the truth. Jesus died on Friday and rose on the third day, Sunday.
Jesus shows us how to count days in Luke 13:32.
The third day is always the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow is always the day after the event you are counting from.