Lord Jesus Christ was crucified on a Wednesday, and He rose on a Sunday. And below is the Biblical proof.
Easter is a Christian celebration about the time that Jesus Christ rose from His tomb. Yet the word "Easter" in Acts 12:4 was added by the KJV translators. The actual Greek word is 'pascha', which means 'passover'.
In 1 Corinthians 5:7, Apostle Paul said, "For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:".
Our Lord Jesus Christ was thus sacrificed for us according to God's requirement for the Old Testament passover while the children of Israel were under His protection from the death angel in Egypt.
The passover lamb was to be sacrificed on the preparation day of Nissan 14, at evening. Then the children of Israel were to smear its blood upon the door posts so the death angel would pass by that house, and they were to roast it, and eat the passover that night with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, leaving nothing till morning, but what remained shall be burned with fire. And God told them to eat it in haste, with their loins girded and shoes on their feet, and staff in their hand. The first day of the feast was to be a holy convocation, like a sabbath with no servile work done on that day. (See Exodus 12).
Lord Jesus said He would be in the heart of the earth for "three days and three nights".
Matt 12:40
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
KJV
Anytime a period of 'a day and a night' is mentioned in God's Word, it is pointing to the full 24 hour period of a calendar day. The day/night is divided up into two 12 hour periods, the latter night 12 hour period uses the idea of military 'watches'.
The children of Israel historically divided up the night period into 3 separate military 'watches':
1st -- from sunset to 10 P.M. at night, called "beginning of the watches" (Lam.2:19)
2nd -- from 10 P.M. to 2 A.M., called the middle watch (Judges 7:19)
3rd -- from 2 A.M. to sunrise around 6 A.M., the morning watch (Exodus 14:24; 1 Samuel 11:11)
Thus the "night" watches made up 3 periods of 4 hours each, or 12 hours total. That was per the Old Testament times.
Under the later Roman system of watches, they held to FOUR watches of the night, an evening watch, a midnight watch, cock-crowing watch, morning watch (See Mark 13:35). These were divided up into 3 hour sections, which still meant 12 hours of the "night".
My point with this is to be accurate about the time when Lord Jesus was crucified and then arose, based on what He said about His body being in the heart of the earth for "three days and three nights" meaning a literal division of a 24 hour calendar day, with a 12 hour daylight period and a 12 hour night time period. With that established, then we may begin accurately to determine the preparation day when He was crucified unto the day of His resurrection on Sunday morning.
Another Biblical requirement for accuracy is that the Hebrew calendar reckoning MUST be used. That means a calendar day per the Hebrew reckoning means from 'sunset to sunset'. Our Gregorian calendar system uses from 'midnight to midnight', and that has caused many to error in this timing.
Start on Wednesday, the Preparation Day, the day the passover lamb was to be sacrificed, at evening Nissan 14.
Wednesday evening prior to sunset = Jesus crucified and buried in haste before sunset.
Wednesday Nissan 14 sunset to Thursday dawn = 1st night
Thursday dawn to Thursday sunset = 1st day
Thursday sunset to Friday dawn = 2nd night
Friday dawn to Friday sunset = 2nd day
Friday sunset to Saturday dawn = 3rd night
Saturday dawn to Saturday sunset = 3rd day
Saturday sunset to Sunday dawn = Lord Jesus rose sometime between sunset and dawn.
The ONLY way that Lord Jesus' prophecy of His being in the heart of the earth for a literal period of "three days and three nights" can work, is that if Nissan 14 was the day He was crucified being a Wednesday evening just prior to sunset. Nissan 14 at evening was the time of the passover lamb sacrifice God required per Exodus 12, and Lord Jesus' crucifixion fit it exactly.
The idea that Lord Jesus was crucified on a FRIDAY is simply a tradition begun by men.There is no way to pack "three days and three nights" into a period from Friday to Sunday morning before dawn.
Easter is a Christian celebration about the time that Jesus Christ rose from His tomb. Yet the word "Easter" in Acts 12:4 was added by the KJV translators. The actual Greek word is 'pascha', which means 'passover'.
In 1 Corinthians 5:7, Apostle Paul said, "For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:".
Our Lord Jesus Christ was thus sacrificed for us according to God's requirement for the Old Testament passover while the children of Israel were under His protection from the death angel in Egypt.
The passover lamb was to be sacrificed on the preparation day of Nissan 14, at evening. Then the children of Israel were to smear its blood upon the door posts so the death angel would pass by that house, and they were to roast it, and eat the passover that night with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, leaving nothing till morning, but what remained shall be burned with fire. And God told them to eat it in haste, with their loins girded and shoes on their feet, and staff in their hand. The first day of the feast was to be a holy convocation, like a sabbath with no servile work done on that day. (See Exodus 12).
Lord Jesus said He would be in the heart of the earth for "three days and three nights".
Matt 12:40
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
KJV
Anytime a period of 'a day and a night' is mentioned in God's Word, it is pointing to the full 24 hour period of a calendar day. The day/night is divided up into two 12 hour periods, the latter night 12 hour period uses the idea of military 'watches'.
The children of Israel historically divided up the night period into 3 separate military 'watches':
1st -- from sunset to 10 P.M. at night, called "beginning of the watches" (Lam.2:19)
2nd -- from 10 P.M. to 2 A.M., called the middle watch (Judges 7:19)
3rd -- from 2 A.M. to sunrise around 6 A.M., the morning watch (Exodus 14:24; 1 Samuel 11:11)
Thus the "night" watches made up 3 periods of 4 hours each, or 12 hours total. That was per the Old Testament times.
Under the later Roman system of watches, they held to FOUR watches of the night, an evening watch, a midnight watch, cock-crowing watch, morning watch (See Mark 13:35). These were divided up into 3 hour sections, which still meant 12 hours of the "night".
My point with this is to be accurate about the time when Lord Jesus was crucified and then arose, based on what He said about His body being in the heart of the earth for "three days and three nights" meaning a literal division of a 24 hour calendar day, with a 12 hour daylight period and a 12 hour night time period. With that established, then we may begin accurately to determine the preparation day when He was crucified unto the day of His resurrection on Sunday morning.
Another Biblical requirement for accuracy is that the Hebrew calendar reckoning MUST be used. That means a calendar day per the Hebrew reckoning means from 'sunset to sunset'. Our Gregorian calendar system uses from 'midnight to midnight', and that has caused many to error in this timing.
Start on Wednesday, the Preparation Day, the day the passover lamb was to be sacrificed, at evening Nissan 14.
Wednesday evening prior to sunset = Jesus crucified and buried in haste before sunset.
Wednesday Nissan 14 sunset to Thursday dawn = 1st night
Thursday dawn to Thursday sunset = 1st day
Thursday sunset to Friday dawn = 2nd night
Friday dawn to Friday sunset = 2nd day
Friday sunset to Saturday dawn = 3rd night
Saturday dawn to Saturday sunset = 3rd day
Saturday sunset to Sunday dawn = Lord Jesus rose sometime between sunset and dawn.
The ONLY way that Lord Jesus' prophecy of His being in the heart of the earth for a literal period of "three days and three nights" can work, is that if Nissan 14 was the day He was crucified being a Wednesday evening just prior to sunset. Nissan 14 at evening was the time of the passover lamb sacrifice God required per Exodus 12, and Lord Jesus' crucifixion fit it exactly.
The idea that Lord Jesus was crucified on a FRIDAY is simply a tradition begun by men.There is no way to pack "three days and three nights" into a period from Friday to Sunday morning before dawn.