6 days before the Passover had to be Saturday?
I always understood that Jesus went to Lazarus' house on Friday.
So the "next day" would be Saturday and not Sunday (for the entrance into Jerusalem).
Comment?
Re: '
I always understood that Jesus went to Lazarus' house on Friday.' Yes, but Jesus had days before departed for Jerusalem from Ephraim
ἀπῆλθεν ἐκεῖθεν εἰς τὴν χώραν ἐγγὺς τῆς ἐρήμου,
He went thence unto a country near to the wilderness,
εἰς Ἐφραὶμ λεγομένην πόλιν,
into a city called Ephraim, κἀκεῖ ἔμεινεν μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν.
and there continued with his disciples.
55 Ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβησαν πολλοὶ εἰς
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out
Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐκ τῆς χώρας πρὸ τοῦ πάσχα ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυτούς.
up to Jerusalem before the passover to purify themselves. [Jh18:28b]
ἐζήτουν οὖν τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ ἔλεγον μετ’ ἀλλήλων ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ
Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves…
ἑστηκότες Τί δοκεῖ ὑμῖν; ὅτι οὐ μὴ ἔλθῃ εἰς τὴν ἑορτήν;
in the temple as they stood, What think ye that he will not come to the feast?
John 12:1-11
Ὁ οὖν Ἰησοῦς πρὸ ἓξ ἡμερῶν τοῦ πάσχα ἦλθεν εἰς Βηθανίαν
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany
ὅπου ἦν Λάζαρος, ὃν ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν Ἰησοῦς.
where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
ἐποίησαν οὖν αὐτῷ δεῖπνον ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἡ Μάρθα διηκόνει,
There they made him ...lunch; and Martha served:
...on the Sabbath.
Jesus came and arrived in Bethany before the Sabbath where Lazarus stayed where Martha served Him, on the Sabbath, "six days before the Feast-days" of eating ulb. "On the next morning (day, Sunday)" Jesus went to and entered into Jerusalem "on the tenth day of the First Month", five days "before the Feast days" of eating ulb.