A Wednesday crucifixion and Sabbath evening at sunset RESURRECTION?

What day of the week was Messiah Yeshua - Jesus crucified on?

  • Friday

    Votes: 3 60.0%
  • Wednesday

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • Other answer, please be specific in a reply.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

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    5

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If I am still in error about all of this,
you have my apologies in advance, because I do not wish to deceive but here is
where I am now at on the topic of the time line for Messiah Yeshua - Jesus to have been
crucified, killed, went to "paradise" or "heaven" with the thief on the cross beside him,
and then when He went to hell - Sheol - the Grave, for seventy two hours/ three days and three nights and then exactly when he was Resurrected from the dead?


" I belonged to the Worldwide Church of God from 1972 to 1991 and I used to believe all that they taught on the State of the Dead, [then again the alternative was some variation on what was taught by Dr. Billy Graham so...... I was biased toward the "Soul Sleep"teachings of Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong and his son Garner Ted].

Once I began to study near death experience accounts I came to the conclusion that Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong had simply been in error on what he taught about "Soul Sleep."

I now believe that Messiah Yeshua - Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday, [The First Day of Unleavened Bread in 31 C. E. apparently was on a Thursday, which strongly hints that the year of the death, burial and resurrection of Messiah Yeshua - Jesus was probably thirty one Current Era]. So, both Messiah Yeshua - Jesus as well as the thief that he spoke to were deceased and their spirits or souls, met in "Paradise" for an hour or two on Wednesday before sunset. I believe that Messiah Yeshua - Jesus gave a tour of Paradise or "Heaven," to the thief on the cross, for at least an hour or so before the sun would set on Wednesday that week. I believe that the soul or eternal spirit of Messiah Yeshua - Jesus went to hell at sunset as the First Day of Unleavened Bread was about to begin. Jesus was then in the heart of the earth for seventy two hours, three days, until He was resurrected on Saturday evening at sunset on the weekly Sabbath during Unleavened Bread. I believe that the writer of the opening post knows the name of that specific Sabbath and I believe that they know that that specific Sabbath was when a Wave Sheaf was offered by the Jewish priests, the Saducees]?

Messiah Yeshua - Jesus was "already risen" the next morning, Sunday morning, when Mary Magdalene and the other women went to his tomb with plans to embalm the corpse of Messiah Yeshua - Jesus with special spices. They had prepared those spices on Friday of that week and then they rested on the Jewish Sabbath but early on the first day of the week, Sunday morning, they went to the tomb and found that Jesus had already risen from the dead. Assuming He was in the "heart of the earth," the grave, or Sheol, or "The Bosom of Abraham" for seventy two hours this makes for a Sabbath - Saturday evening resurrection at sunset.

This is actually a very important topic for many reasons."



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I do believe that near death experiencer Kevin L. Zadai is correct that Messiah Yeshua - Jesus truly did descend into hell itself, [so that you and I do not have to go there]!

[Near death experiencer Kevin Zadai] :

THE DEPTHS OF VISITATION AND PRAYER: THE STEPS JESUS WENT THROUGH IN HELL​

Jesus relinquished His authority, power, and His will over to the Father and the Holy Spirit. He commended His Spirit to them all as He descended into the pit. To fulfill all that was required by justice, He had to go further into hell than any man will ever have to go. He had to go to the depths of hell in order to make redemption complete. During those days in hell, He rehearsed Psalm 16 to Himself, believing that the Father would give the command for the Holy Spirit to raise Him to life again.

Christ’s journey into hell and resurrection has made my spirit a brand-new being (see 2 Cor. 5:17).

Jesus went through everything we go through so that we can have authority and victory in this life.

THE AGREEMENT​

Jesus had an agreement with the Holy Spirit and with the Father about His activities from the time that He was born until the time that He ascended on high.

Because Jesus fulfilled all righteousness, we are therefore able to have victory without having to master situations. Remember that Jesus went before us as our High Priest. He paved the way for us to be successful in everything. He did what He did in the earth realm, and it causes you to walk in such a visitation. During prayer, because of visitation you will see your prayers immediately answered. That is because you are walking in His authority, operating the way He did while He was here on the earth.
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Oops... apparently I put this in the wrong forum... I had planned to put this in Religion and Spirituality... but I clicked on post a new thread from the wrong forum... my bad! Perhaps this is not entirely a bad thing because to some degree, incorrect ideas within Christian doctrines are held onto for reasons that could be termed "political" and have a lot to do with traditions and the beliefs of our parents and religious teachers who could have been partly in error.
 
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Jesus did not arise after three days. He arose on the third day. Meaning he was killed on Friday, and rose on Sunday.

The ancients did not count days like we do. In modern times, if I say I'll meet you in three days, that means today is day 0, and I will see you in 3 days hence.

But in ancient people's reckoning, today is day 1 (or more precisely, the first day). They didn't really have a concept of 0. So Friday was the 1st day, Saturday the 2nd and Sunday the 3rd.

This is also why there is no year 0 in the Julian or Gregorian calendars. They all start on the year 1 CE. And the year before 1 CE, is 1 BCE. Not the year 0.
 
Jesus did not arise after three days. He arose on the third day. Meaning he was killed on Friday, and rose on Sunday.

The ancients did not count days like we do. In modern times, if I say I'll meet you in three days, that means today is day 0, and I will see you in 3 days hence.

But in ancient people's reckoning, today is day 1 (or more precisely, the first day). They didn't really have a concept of 0. So Friday was the 1st day, Saturday the 2nd and Sunday the 3rd.

This is also why there is no year 0 in the Julian or Gregorian calendars. They all start on the year 1 CE. And the year before 1 CE, is 1 BCE. Not the year 0.


That is the commonly held view.....
I cannot see how it could fit with the fairly clear statements by Messiah Yeshua - Jesus about three days and three nights in the heart of the earth to fulfill the Sign of Jonah?

38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
39But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here. 42The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.

 
Jesus did not arise after three days. He arose on the third day. Meaning he was killed on Friday, and rose on Sunday.

The ancients did not count days like we do. In modern times, if I say I'll meet you in three days, that means today is day 0, and I will see you in 3 days hence.

But in ancient people's reckoning, today is day 1 (or more precisely, the first day). They didn't really have a concept of 0. So Friday was the 1st day, Saturday the 2nd and Sunday the 3rd.

This is also why there is no year 0 in the Julian or Gregorian calendars. They all start on the year 1 CE. And the year before 1 CE, is 1 BCE. Not the year 0.
A day and a night pretty much means a full day.
 
If I am still in error about all of this,
you have my apologies in advance, because I do not wish to deceive but here is
where I am now at on the topic of the time line for Messiah Yeshua - Jesus to have been
crucified, killed, went to "paradise" or "heaven" with the thief on the cross beside him,
and then when He went to hell - Sheol - the Grave, for seventy two hours/ three days and three nights and then exactly when he was Resurrected from the dead?


" I belonged to the Worldwide Church of God from 1972 to 1991 and I used to believe all that they taught on the State of the Dead, [then again the alternative was some variation on what was taught by Dr. Billy Graham so...... I was biased toward the "Soul Sleep"teachings of Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong and his son Garner Ted].

Once I began to study near death experience accounts I came to the conclusion that Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong had simply been in error on what he taught about "Soul Sleep."

I now believe that Messiah Yeshua - Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday, [The First Day of Unleavened Bread in 31 C. E. apparently was on a Thursday, which strongly hints that the year of the death, burial and resurrection of Messiah Yeshua - Jesus was probably thirty one Current Era]. So, both Messiah Yeshua - Jesus as well as the thief that he spoke to were deceased and their spirits or souls, met in "Paradise" for an hour or two on Wednesday before sunset. I believe that Messiah Yeshua - Jesus gave a tour of Paradise or "Heaven," to the thief on the cross, for at least an hour or so before the sun would set on Wednesday that week. I believe that the soul or eternal spirit of Messiah Yeshua - Jesus went to hell at sunset as the First Day of Unleavened Bread was about to begin. Jesus was then in the heart of the earth for seventy two hours, three days, until He was resurrected on Saturday evening at sunset on the weekly Sabbath during Unleavened Bread. I believe that the writer of the opening post knows the name of that specific Sabbath and I believe that they know that that specific Sabbath was when a Wave Sheaf was offered by the Jewish priests, the Saducees]?

Messiah Yeshua - Jesus was "already risen" the next morning, Sunday morning, when Mary Magdalene and the other women went to his tomb with plans to embalm the corpse of Messiah Yeshua - Jesus with special spices. They had prepared those spices on Friday of that week and then they rested on the Jewish Sabbath but early on the first day of the week, Sunday morning, they went to the tomb and found that Jesus had already risen from the dead. Assuming He was in the "heart of the earth," the grave, or Sheol, or "The Bosom of Abraham" for seventy two hours this makes for a Sabbath - Saturday evening resurrection at sunset.

This is actually a very important topic for many reasons."



...
...

I do believe that near death experiencer Kevin L. Zadai is correct that Messiah Yeshua - Jesus truly did descend into hell itself, [so that you and I do not have to go there]!




Oops... apparently I put this in the wrong forum... I had planned to put this in Religion and Spirituality... but I clicked on post a new thread from the wrong forum... my bad! Perhaps this is not entirely a bad thing because to some degree, incorrect ideas within Christian doctrines are held onto for reasons that could be termed "political" and have a lot to do with traditions and the beliefs of our parents and religious teachers who could have been partly in error.
DennisPTate,
re: "I now believe that Messiah Yeshua - Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday, [The First Day of Unleavened Bread in 31 C. E. apparently was on a Thursday..."

Mark 14:12 seems to be at odds with that, "Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?” So, if the Messiah was killed on a Wednesday, then Thursday would have been the second day of Unleavened Bread.



re: " Jesus was then in the heart of the earth for seventy two hours, three days, until He was resurrected on Saturday evening at sunset on the weekly Sabbath..."

Wasn't the evening during the first half of the calendar day? Or by "evening" do you mean during the second half of the day?
 
Jesus did not arise after three days. He arose on the third day. Meaning he was killed on Friday, and rose on Sunday.
Actually, Matthew 27:63 and Mark 8:31 say that it would be after three days,
 
DennisPTate,
re: "I now believe that Messiah Yeshua - Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday, [The First Day of Unleavened Bread in 31 C. E. apparently was on a Thursday..."

Mark 14:12 seems to be at odds with that, "Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?” So, if the Messiah was killed on a Wednesday, then Thursday would have been the second day of Unleavened Bread.



re: " Jesus was then in the heart of the earth for seventy two hours, three days, until He was resurrected on Saturday evening at sunset on the weekly Sabbath..."

Wasn't the evening during the first half of the calendar day? Or by "evening" do you mean during the second half of the day?


Good questions.....
but wasn't the fourteenth day of the first month the day on which the lamb or kid of the goats was slain?

The next day, the fifteenth day of the first month was the annual Sabbath, the First Day on which Unleavened Bread had to be eaten and all leaven already had to be gotten rid of out of homes.
 
Good questions.....
but wasn't the fourteenth day of the first month the day on which the lamb or kid of the goats was slain?
Yes, at least according to Exodus 12:6. It was to be killed at twilight. Was that just after sunset on the beginning of the 14th or just before sunset at the end of the day?

Now, any thoughts about my comment on Mark 14:12 regarding the first day of Unleavened Bread?

Also, any thoughts about my question to you regarding your comment that the Messiah was resurrected on Saturday evening at sunset on the weekly Sabbath?

 
As Dennis touched on, how do you account for the lack of a third night?
When you book a hotel room for 3 days/2 nights, how do you account for the lack of a third night?
 
In the immortal words of John McEnroe, "You can't be serious." Where is a third night mentioned in the booking?
 
15th post
It's the point with regard to the booking, but not with regard to the Messiah saying He would be in the "heart of earth" 3 nights.

Q. The bible says the messiah would be in the "heart of earth" 3 days and 3 nights. But it also says that Jesus arose on the 3rd day. He was crucified on a Friday and resurrected on a Sunday. How to reconcile these?


A. This is one of the most discussed chronology questions in the New Testament. The apparent problem is:
  • Jesus says in Gospel of Matthew 12:40:
    "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
  • Yet the Gospels repeatedly say He would rise "on the third day" (not after three full days), and the traditional timeline is:
    • Crucified Friday afternoon
    • Buried before sunset Friday
    • In the tomb Saturday
    • Resurrected early Sunday morning
  • That doesn't look like 72 hours.

The traditional explanation: Inclusive reckoning​

In Jewish usage of the time, any part of a day could be counted as a whole day and night.

Examples appear elsewhere in Scripture:
  • Book of Esther 4:16 says fast for "three days, night and day."
  • Yet Esther goes to the king "on the third day" in Esther 5:1, not after three complete 72-hour days.
Under this method:
PeriodCounted as
Friday afternoon before sunsetDay 1
Friday nightNight 1
Saturday daytimeDay 2
Saturday nightNight 2
Early Sunday before dawnDay 3

Thus Jesus is said to rise "on the third day."

Most Christian scholars and denominations accept this explanation because it fits the repeated New Testament statements that He rose "on the third day."

The Wednesday or Thursday crucifixion theories​

Some Christians argue that "three days and three nights" should be taken literally.
They propose:
  • Crucifixion on Wednesday or Thursday.
  • Resurrection late Saturday rather than Sunday morning.
  • The women discover the empty tomb Sunday morning.
These theories often rely on the idea that the Sabbath mentioned after the crucifixion was a special festival Sabbath rather than the regular weekly Sabbath.

This allows roughly 72 hours in the tomb.

Why most scholars prefer Friday​

The strongest reason is that multiple passages use phrases like:
  • "on the third day"
  • "after three days"
  • "the third day since these things happened"
The disciples on the road to Emmaus say on Sunday, "it is now the third day since these things happened" (Luke 24:21). Counting inclusively from Friday makes Sunday the third day; counting from Wednesday does not fit as naturally.

Another possibility: "Heart of the earth" may not mean the tomb alone​

Some theologians note that Jesus may be referring to the entire period of His suffering, death, burial, and descent to the dead, beginning before burial itself.

If so, the phrase is not necessarily intended as a precise stopwatch measurement of time spent in the tomb.

In summary​

There are two major ways Christians reconcile the passages:
  1. Traditional view (most common):
    • Crucifixion Friday, resurrection Sunday.
    • "Three days and three nights" is a Jewish idiom using inclusive reckoning, where part of a day counts as a whole day.
  2. Literal 72-hour view:
    • Crucifixion Wednesday or Thursday.
    • Resurrection Saturday.
    • Sunday is when the empty tomb is discovered.
The first explanation has historically been the dominant Christian interpretation because it aligns most naturally with the repeated New Testament statements that Jesus rose "on the third day."
 
Q. The bible says the messiah would be in the "heart of earth" 3 days and 3 nights. But it also says that Jesus arose on the 3rd day. He was crucified on a Friday and resurrected on a Sunday. How to reconcile these?


A. This is one of the most discussed chronology questions in the New Testament. The apparent problem is:
  • Jesus says in Gospel of Matthew 12:40:
  • Yet the Gospels repeatedly say He would rise "on the third day" (not afterthree full days), and the traditional timeline is:
    • Crucified Friday afternoon
    • Buried before sunset Friday
    • In the tomb Saturday
    • Resurrected early Sunday morning
  • That doesn't look like 72 hours.

The traditional explanation: Inclusive reckoning​

In Jewish usage of the time, any part of a day could be counted as a whole day and night.

Examples appear elsewhere in Scripture:
  • Book of Esther 4:16 says fast for "three days, night and day."
  • Yet Esther goes to the king "on the third day" in Esther 5:1, not after three complete 72-hour days.
Under this method:
PeriodCounted as
Friday afternoon before sunsetDay 1
Friday nightNight 1
Saturday daytimeDay 2
Saturday nightNight 2
Early Sunday before dawnDay 3

Thus Jesus is said to rise "on the third day."

Most Christian scholars and denominations accept this explanation because it fits the repeated New Testament statements that He rose "on the third day."

The Wednesday or Thursday crucifixion theories​

Some Christians argue that "three days and three nights" should be taken literally.
They propose:
  • Crucifixion on Wednesday or Thursday.
  • Resurrection late Saturday rather than Sunday morning.
  • The women discover the empty tomb Sunday morning.
These theories often rely on the idea that the Sabbath mentioned after the crucifixion was a special festival Sabbath rather than the regular weekly Sabbath.

This allows roughly 72 hours in the tomb.

Why most scholars prefer Friday​

The strongest reason is that multiple passages use phrases like:
  • "on the third day"
  • "after three days"
  • "the third day since these things happened"
The disciples on the road to Emmaus say on Sunday, "it is now the third day since these things happened" (Luke 24:21). Counting inclusively from Friday makes Sunday the third day; counting from Wednesday does not fit as naturally.

Another possibility: "Heart of the earth" may not mean the tomb alone​

Some theologians note that Jesus may be referring to the entire period of His suffering, death, burial, and descent to the dead, beginning before burial itself.

If so, the phrase is not necessarily intended as a precise stopwatch measurement of time spent in the tomb.

In summary​

There are two major ways Christians reconcile the passages:
  1. Traditional view (most common):
    • Crucifixion Friday, resurrection Sunday.
    • "Three days and three nights" is a Jewish idiom using inclusive reckoning, where part of a day counts as a whole day.
  2. Literal 72-hour view:
    • Crucifixion Wednesday or Thursday.
    • Resurrection Saturday.
    • Sunday is when the empty tomb is discovered.
The first explanation has historically been the dominant Christian interpretation because it aligns most naturally with the repeated New Testament statements that Jesus rose "on the third day."
So, which view do you embrace?
 
So, which view do you embrace?
Wednesday sundown burial, Saturday resurrection at sundown. Exactly 72 hours. And yes, Saturday was the third day.

The sign was given to an "evil generation" to argue about. So, this argument can be used to identify an evil generation today.
 
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