Ronald Nolette
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show proof.I disagree. According to the proper interpretation of all four Gospel accounts, Jesus was in the tomb for three whole days and three whole nights.
In other passages He said three days, and on the third day- which all mean the same as three days and nights- Friday-Sunday as itis clearly shown in Scriptures.No but everyday culture doesn't use precise language. Jesus' prediction uses precise language because the details of a prophecy are the elements of falsification. If Jesus was only in the tomb for two nights, when he said he would be in the tomb for three nights, that would be an error.
Once again all three ways it is written all mean the same three days- Friday -through Sunday. If you wish to do the work you can churn out the datres and see that 15th Nisan that year fell on saturday!
Well you are wrong! For Passover immediately precedes unleavened bread. As the feast of unleavened bread always runs from Sabbath to Sabbath you have uncoupled Passover from Pesach (which is an eight day festival for Jews). YOu have now made it a 10 day feast.Apparently, it isn't as straightforward as you suggest since Christians and atheists both argue the issue.
The solution is simple once one accounts for both the High Sabbath and the Weekly Sabbath.
As you say, the Jews account for the days from sunset to sunset. The Weekly Sabbath runs from Sunset Friday to Sunset Saturday. Let me abbreviate this as Friday/Saturday.
Passion Week
Passover -- Tuesday/Wednesday (crucifixion)
High Sabbath -- Wednesday/Thursday (Day one)
Day of preparation -- Thursday/Friday (Day two)
Weekly Sabbath -- Friday/Saturday (Day three)
Resurrection day -- Sunday
And you have erred about the high sabbath!
John 19:31
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
lets make sabbath=saturday (which it does.) It now reads ...."should not remain on the cross on saturday, for that Saturday was a high Saturday!
Now while a high sabbath can occur outside of a Saturday- it is clear that John made it clear that this particular year the high Sabbath fell on a regular Sabbath day