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Zeke25, re: " Suppose someone provides you with the info you're looking for. What will that do for you? Will it change your doctrine?" No. All things being equal, it would only show that Matthew 12:40 could be using idiomatic language - not that it is using it (i.e.,that the Messiah actually...

Someone new looking in may know of some writing.

Jim Parker, re: "There is no rational cause to choose speculation over the testimony of scripture..." Agreed. And the testimony of scripture says that 3 nights would be involved during the Messiah's time in the "heart of the earth". This conflicts with a 6th day of the week crucifixion/first...

Zeke25, re: "So is this a personal survey..." Yes

zeke25, re: "Sunday." OK, thanks. I'll add your answer to the Sunday side of the survey. re: "What day do you think it was." I too say that it would be Sunday.

Acts 10:30 has Cornelius saying "Four days ago I was fasting until this hour;..." If it had been Thursday when he said that, to what day of the week would he have been referring?

JimParker, re: "It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning." How can you absolutely, positively, no question about it, rule out that the Sabbath being referred to wasn't the annual Sabbath which could fall on any day of the week?

Jun2u, re: "If there are 12 hours in a day does not it follow that there 12 hours at night also?" That would certainly seem to be the case. re: "The three days and three nights are perfectly aligned this way Thurs night…..12 hrs Friday day……12 hrs..." Where is Thursday day?

Jun2u, re: "Please elaborate on the first sentence you wrote above." Since you are a 5th day of the week crucifixion believer, I didn't think you would have a reason to know of any writing as requested in the OP. re: "Are you one of the above since you've admitted to not being aware of 2Co...

re: "who, according to the bible, was the beloved disciple..." We don't know; scripture doesn't say.

Jun2u, Since you're not a 6th day of the week crucifixion advocate, you probably won't know of any writing. BTW- you said that there is scripture that says: "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord". I'm not aware of any scripture that says that. What do you have in mind?

Someone new looking in may know of some writing.

JimParker, re: "...Justin Martyr, who was taught by the apostles..." How do you know that? Wouldn't the apostles have all been dead by the time he got around to looking into Christianity after spending years studying other philosophical schools of thought?

zeke25, re: "The Bible has your answer..." 　 The answer from scripture would be fine, but I'm not aware of any scripture that has it. 　 re: "You do not need the opinions of men." I'm not looking for opinions. I'm looking for actual examples of writing that shows that a phrase stating a...

zeke25, re: "In answer to your question...Mt. 12:40 is not using Jewish idiomatic language." I don't think so either. However, there ARE those who think that the crucifixion took place on the 6th day of the week who say that Matthew 12:40 IS using common Jewish idiomatic language. For the...

zeke25, re: "Your are not going to find that which you are looking for. Those that have the material have a hidden agenda and the writings you seek will not see the light of day." Why would someone who believes that the crucifixion took place on the 6th day of the week hide any writing that...

Mungo, re: "...Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah (circa A.D. 100), said, 'A day and a night make an ’onah [a twenty-four hour period], and the portion of an ’onah is reckoned as a complete ’onah.'" That quote by Rabbi Eliezar Ben Azariah, is contradicted by Rabbi Ismael, Rabbi Jochanan, and Rabbi...

Mungo, re: "No, because 'three days and three nights' is just a Jewish idiom for three days." But how do you know that it is a Jewish idiom where three nights actually means two nights? What examples from the first century or before do you have that show a period of time which is said to...

Mungo, re: "The point is that part of a day was still called a day...If I start painting a room on Friday afternoon, and carry on all Saturday, then start again on Sunday morning I might say to someone I've been painting this room for three days now." But what if you started painting a room on...

Someone new looking in may be able to demonstrate an ability to consciously choose to engender beliefs by doing as requested in the OP.