...three days and three nights...and the resurrection

john6:63 · Apr 8, 2004

I’m looking for some opinions concerning the Matthew 12:38-40 scripture, where Jesus refers to Jonah being in the whale’s belly three days and three nights, that He’d be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

If a skeptic were to question you about this prophecy, that Jesus was crucified on Friday and resurrected on Sunday, not being three days and three nights, how would you answer the skeptic’s question?

I’ve found a number of solutions on the net; some really go into detail about the Greek meanings and what not, but not sure which one to believe.

Thanks…

john6:63 · Apr 8, 2004

Aww shucks, I should’ve done a search first before I started a new topic. I found a few threads that have discussed this issue.

Moderators feel free to delete this thread if you like. But I'd like to keep it open. I'm not looking for a debate (as what the other threads turn into and the original question gets lost), just a few reasonable opinions.

[ April 08, 2004, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: john6:63 ]

john6:63 · Apr 8, 2004

This is an opinion I’ve found on the net. The author suggested that the time began once Jesus was betrayed, which was on a Tuesday night when Judas first went to the chief priests and received the thirty pieces of silver.

The days and nights begin on Tuesday night, the first betrayal by Judas (2 days before the Passover) and end on Friday night.

Tuesday night, Wednesday night, Thursday night = 3 nights.

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday = 3 days.

Jesus was crucified and died at 3:00 P.M. ("the 9th hour") on Friday, the Preparation day for the Seventh-day Sabbath. He was placed in the tomb before sundown Friday evening and He was resurrected on Friday evening right after sundown at the very beginning of the Seventh-day Sabbath!! (Days, or twenty-four hour time periods, are measured from evening to evening. See Genesis Chapter 1.)

The women came to the tomb Sabbath morning before dawn (Mark 16:9, Luke 24:1, John 20:1) and the tomb was empty. Jesus had already risen!

He died and was buried before sundown - and was resurrected right after sundown. That's why His body did "not see corruption!"

The "three days and three nights" are literal 24-hour time periods and

Jesus was NOT dead during that time (heart of the earth), just as Jonah was not dead during his 3 days and 3 nights in the whale's belly. Jesus was in the "heart of the earth" (surrounded by the inhabitants of the earth, unable to escape), because His doom was set!

He died at 3:00 P.M. Friday afternoon, was placed in the tomb BEFORE sundown, but was resurrected immediately AFTER sundown at the very beginning of the 7th day Sabbath (Friday evening). (By the way, God didn't need the angels to roll away the stone for His resurrection, but humans needed that to happen so they could look in and see that Jesus was gone.)
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Does this sound legit?

dianetavegia · Apr 8, 2004

There's quite a thread on this somewhere else. You might look on other forums and see if you can find it. Seems to me it was still quite active last week.

Diane

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