It's not as clear cut as our friend here would have us believe. And keep one other thing in mind. The New Testament was not yet written when Jesus died. The writers were observing it as it happened, and the scripture they quoted and relied on was the Old Testament. It all goes back to the Passover story in Exodus 12. They were to take a Lamb on the 10th of the month. It was Killed at the end of the 14th day of the month, and Unleavened Bread immediately followed as the 15th started. Jesus only had to die once. Not all seven days of the week long feast, and likewise, he could not "pick" any day he chosen in that week. He had to follow the Exodus passage which was the institution of Passover. So the order of the Exodus story goes indisputably as follows: The lamb taken in, the lamb slaughtered 5 days later (5 is the number of grace) on the evening of the 14th (i.e. the end of the 14th) and then Unleavened Bread feast took place that night as the 15th started and the death angel Passed over them.
If I'm wrong, tell me where I'm wrong in the Old Testament story? New Testament don't count because they were written after the prophecy, but are merely proclaiming the fulfillment (Luke 24:27). So, despite what the New Testament says, or I should say sounds like it says, the foundation is the Old Testament very clearly and precisely laid out in the feasts of the Lord. I don't believe the New Testament contradicts anything, but is written in such as way as some people project their own ideas into it. God did not ordain these feasts merely to watch the Israelites have a party, but rather to prophesy the things of the Lord at the time of the feasts.
Nunber 28
16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month
is the passover of the LORD. [sup]
17[/sup] And in the fifteenth day of this month
is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. [sup]
18[/sup] In the first day
shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work
therein: [sup]
19[/sup] But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire
for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish: [sup]
20[/sup] And their meat offering
shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram; [sup]
21[/sup] A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: [sup]
22[/sup] And one goat
for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you. [sup]
23[/sup] Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which
is for a continual burnt offering. [sup]
24[/sup] After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. [sup]
25[/sup] And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
http://www.christianityboard.com/in...&do=reply_post&f=37&t=13789&qpid=119450#_ftn1http://www.christianityboard.com/in...=reply_post&f=37&t=13789&qpid=119450#_ftnref1The Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995 (Nm 28.16-25). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
It is not that Jesus had to die every day of the seven day, but anyone of them, not necesarelly the 14th.
The Gospels - despite not hjaving the authority of Wikipedia and not being inspired as the Old testament is - are clear in that Peter and John did prepare Pasover as it was suposed to be prepared, the 14th (verse 16 above). And are clear without any confusion at all in that Jesus did celebrates the passover the night of the 15th (verse 17 above). Jesus was alive the 14th and also the 15th. Being arrested the next morning.
Jesus Christ is our Passover Lamb and was necesary, according to the Old Testamen, to be sacrified (crucifeid) during the passover Fest wich last a full week (verse 24 above), noy necesarely the first day.
Now the dilema that have kept theological confused is that according to the Gospels, Jesus were crucified in a preparation day. That makes not possible to be the 15th because a High Sabbat can not be a preparation day. Then the option is going back to the 14th wich is a prepartion day. But againg, that is not possible because Jesus was perfectly alive the 14th and also the 15th. And theologians have been moving fronm 14th to 15th and bacl to the 14th and again to the 15th. Not that the Gospels are confused or that lack of inspiration or aithority. It is that the tradition is playing against the theologians minds. It hapens that the last day of the Passover week (verse 25 above) it is also a High Sabbath, being the previous day a preparation day. A PREPARATION DAY. That is perfect. Jesus was crucified that prepartion day, previous to the last day of the Passover fest.
The questions are: was Jesus arrested the earaly morning of the 15th? The answer is YES. Was Jesus trial few hours and crucifixion hapens the same mornig? The answer is NOT.
The Gospels are clear on that; but tradition blind the mind of theologians. The Gospels describe at least two sunrises after the arrest. The Gospels declare that Jesus was at Pilates by noon and was crucified by midmorning (next day necesarelly)
If we can put away the tradition we can spot every day from the arrest until the crucifixion. If you - all of you - wish to see it. I am ready to show you those days clearly exposes in the Gospels.