WEDNESDAY PASSOVER CRUCIFIXION IS THE ONLY DAY THAT WORKS

[Davy]

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

John 11:9
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
KJV

Since Jesus showed there are 12 hours in a "day", there has to be also 12 hours in a night. Thus one day and one night equals a 24 hour period, what we call a day.

Another thing that MUST be reckoned for that time, is the Hebrew reckoning for when the new day starts. Per their calendar it started at SUNDOWN and continued to the next sundown for a full day and night.

Lord Jesus was sacrificed as the Passover Lamb. The Old Testament requirement when the Passover was to be sacrificed was at evening on the 14th of Nissan. Jesus was crucified at evening, just prior to sundown when the Passover would begin, which was a "high day", meaning a Sabbath. So they rushed to bury His body before sundown. Sundown thus began the first 'night'.

Wednesday crucifixion; burial just prior to sundown.

Sundown Wednesday to dawn, sundown began Thursday, 1st night.

Dawn Thursday to sundown Thursday, 1st day.

Thursday sundown to Friday dawn, 2nd night.

Dawn Friday to Friday sundown, 2nd day.

Friday sundown to Saturday dawn, 3rd night.

Dawn Saturday to Saturday sundown, 3rd day.

Saturday at sundown to Sunday dawn, Sunday night into morning, Jesus rose from the dead.

 

[Davy]

Another thing believers on Jesus Christ should know, is that the word "Easter" in the KJV of Acts 12:4 is a mistranslation. The actual word in the manuscript text is from the Aramaic and is pascha, which means the Passover. Look it up in your Strong's Exhaustive Concordance if you don't believe me. It is Strong's no. NT:3957.

Easter originally was a PAGAN sexual fertility day observed by the pagan idol worshipers. It is from the word Ishtar.

When many of the pagan's converted to Jesus, they used the name Easter for the Christian Passover instead. It then became a Church tradition.

There is... a CHRISTIAN PASSOVER also, and not just the Orthodox Jew's Passover.

1 Cor 5:7
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
KJV

That is Apostle Paul saying the above per The New Covenant. Lord Jesus Christ is our Christian Passover Lamb sacrificed for us.

Lord Jesus was sacrificed to the day and hour required for the Passover lamb per the Book of Exodus 12.

This is why the 3 days and 3 nights Jesus said His body would be in the tomb work out to show His body was sacrificed on a Wednesday at evening just prior sundown, which would begin the "high day" of Passover. In that week there were TWO sabbaths. The first day of Passover was to be a sabbath, and then beginning at Friday sundown to Saturday sundown would be the regular weekly sabbath. That is how many have gotten confused about the two Marys having to wait until Sunday to visit Jesus' tomb and finish His burial with spices and such. It was because the regular weekly sabbath at Saturday sundown had just ended. But the Passover "high day", which was to be an extra sabbath that week, began at sundown starting Thursday. Thursday was the "high day" (John 19:31).

 

[Pilgrimer]

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly ...

But aren't you assuming that the three days and three nights is how long Jesus would be in the tomb? What if the three days and three nights of Jesus being "in the belly of the beast" is how long Jesus would be "betrayed into the hands of sinners," (Matthew 26:45) and under "the power of darkness" (Luke 22:53)? The 3 days and nights would therefore include his arrest, being bound and slapped, being rejected by the Jewish elders, being accused of a capital offense before Pilate, being rejected by the Jewish mob, being beaten and tortured and mocked by the Romans, forced to carry his own cross through the streets to Golgotha, being nailed to the cross, and hanging there in agony for six long hours, all this before his suffering ended with his death and his body was taken down and laid in the tomb. Why do you only start the beginning of "the things Jesus suffered" before he rose (Luke 9:22, Matthew 16:21, Mark 8:31, Luke 24:26, Hebrews 5:8, 1 Peter 2:21-23) with his burial when his suffering actually ended?

So if Jesus "entered the belly of the beast" on Thursday night, his triumphant rise to life on Sunday morning would be the third day.

Blessings in Christ ...

 

[Pilgrimer]

Easter originally was a PAGAN sexual fertility day observed by the pagan idol worshipers. It is from the word Ishtar.

When many of the pagan's converted to Jesus, they used the name Easter for the Christian Passover instead. It then became a Church tradition.

There is... a CHRISTIAN PASSOVER also, and not just the Orthodox Jew's Passover.

The word Easter has nothing to do with the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, other than the names sound similar, any more that the name Jesus came from the Greek god Zeus just because they sound similar. The linguistic history of the English word "Easter" is well documented.

The word "Easter" was actually introduced by William Tyndale who first translated the Hebrew and Greek scriptures into English. He worked with Martin Luther who had already translated the Hebrew and Greek into German, and Tyndale adopted many of Luther's German words to create new English words. In German, the Hebrew "pesach" and the Greek "pascha" became Oster/Ostern (derived from the old Teutonic word Aufusthen which means "resurrection), the word used for Easter to this day by Germans. Tyndale used the German Oster and introduced the English word "Easter" to translate the New Testament Greek just as Luther had used the German word "Oster." But these words did not make sense for the Old Testament words "pesach" so Luther adopted the German variant "Passah" (from the Greek Pascha) but Tyndale invented a completely new English word, "Passover," from the actual meaning of the Hebrew word "Pesach" which literally means "to hop, skip, leap, or jump over." Tyndale also invented other English words to translate the Scriptures which had not English equivalents, such as "atonement," "scapegoat," "Mercy Seat," "Shewbread," "Peacemaker," and many other words and phrases that have become so much a part of the English language that we read right over them not knowing that, like passover, they were invented to translate Hebrew and Greek words for which there was absolutely not equivalent.
But that is the way a linguistic genius like Tyndale handled the very difficult task of translating from one language into another, it does not address the actual theological foundations. The deper theological truth is that "Easter" is NOT the Christian Passover. The Lord's Supper, Communion, the Eucharist, Mass, whatever term you want to use, is in fact the true Christian Passover, the "meal" at which we partake of the lamb whose flesh and blood has delivered us from the bondage of sin. This Christian feast is observed at various times, some daily, some weekly, some monthly or others annually (although it is technically an ongoing spiritual "feast" and the outward observance is our public testimony to it). But the point is that Easter is not the Christian Passover, the Lord's Supper is.

Easter is the Christian observance of the resurrection of Jesus, which historically occurred on the Sunday following the Jewish passover dated historically to Nisan 17, 3790 corresponding to April 9, 30 A.D. There is nothing pagan about the word Easter or about celebrating the resurrection of Jesus.

Blessings in Christ ...

 

[Davy]

But aren't you assuming that the three days and three nights is how long Jesus would be in the tomb? What if the three days and three nights of Jesus being "in the belly of the beast" is how long Jesus would be "betrayed into the hands of sinners," (Matthew 26:45) and under "the power of darkness" (Luke 22:53)? The 3 days and nights would therefore include his arrest, being bound and slapped, being rejected by the Jewish elders, being accused of a capital offense before Pilate, being rejected by the Jewish mob, being beaten and tortured and mocked by the Romans, forced to carry his own cross through the streets to Golgotha, being nailed to the cross, and hanging there in agony for six long hours, all this before his suffering ended with his death and his body was taken down and laid in the tomb. Why do you only start the beginning of "the things Jesus suffered" before he rose (Luke 9:22, Matthew 16:21, Mark 8:31, Luke 24:26, Hebrews 5:8, 1 Peter 2:21-23) with his burial when his suffering actually ended?

So if Jesus "entered the belly of the beast" on Thursday night, his triumphant rise to life on Sunday morning would be the third day.

Blessings in Christ ...

Because Lord Jesus was clear that His body would be in the tomb literally... for three days and three nights, using Jonah in the whale 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

But Jesus' Spirit went to preach to the "spirits in prison" (heavenly prison) during that period of His flesh in the tomb, as written in 1 Peter 3, 1 Peter 4, and Isaiah 42:7.

 

[Davy]

The word Easter has nothing to do with the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, other than the names sound similar, any more that the name Jesus came from the Greek god Zeus just because they sound similar. The linguistic history of the English word "Easter" is well documented.

The word "Easter" was actually introduced by William Tyndale who first translated the Hebrew and Greek scriptures into English. He worked with Martin Luther who had already translated the Hebrew and Greek into German, and Tyndale adopted many of Luther's German words to create new English words. In German, the Hebrew "pesach" and the Greek "pascha" became Oster/Ostern (derived from the old Teutonic word Aufusthen which means "resurrection), the word used for Easter to this day by Germans. Tyndale used the German Oster and introduced the English word "Easter" to translate the New Testament Greek just as Luther had used the German word "Oster." But these words did not make sense for the Old Testament words "pesach" so Luther adopted the German variant "Passah" (from the Greek Pascha) but Tyndale invented a completely new English word, "Passover," from the actual meaning of the Hebrew word "Pesach" which literally means "to hop, skip, leap, or jump over." Tyndale also invented other English words to translate the Scriptures which had not English equivalents, such as "atonement," "scapegoat," "Mercy Seat," "Shewbread," "Peacemaker," and many other words and phrases that have become so much a part of the English language that we read right over them not knowing that, like passover, they were invented to translate Hebrew and Greek words for which there was absolutely not equivalent.
But that is the way a linguistic genius like Tyndale handled the very difficult task of translating from one language into another, it does not address the actual theological foundations. The deper theological truth is that "Easter" is NOT the Christian Passover. The Lord's Supper, Communion, the Eucharist, Mass, whatever term you want to use, is in fact the true Christian Passover, the "meal" at which we partake of the lamb whose flesh and blood has delivered us from the bondage of sin. This Christian feast is observed at various times, some daily, some weekly, some monthly or others annually (although it is technically an ongoing spiritual "feast" and the outward observance is our public testimony to it). But the point is that Easter is not the Christian Passover, the Lord's Supper is.

Easter is the Christian observance of the resurrection of Jesus, which historically occurred on the Sunday following the Jewish passover dated historically to Nisan 17, 3790 corresponding to April 9, 30 A.D. There is nothing pagan about the word Easter or about celebrating the resurrection of Jesus.

Blessings in Christ ...

It was originally the name of a pagan sexual fertility goddess.



EASTER
A feast or festival of the Christian church that commemorates the resurrection of Christ. It is observed and celebrated on the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or after March 21-or one week later if the full moon falls on Sunday. In other words, Easter falls between March 22 and April 25.

Easter was originally a pagan festival honoring Eostre, a Teutonic (Germanic) goddess of light and spring. At the time of the vernal equinox (the day in the spring when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are of equal length), sacrifices were offered in her honor. As early as the eighth century, the name was used to designate the annual Christian celebration of the resurrection of Christ.

The only appearance of the word Easter (KJV) is a mistranslation of
pascha, the ordinary Greek word for "Passover" (Acts 12:4).
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright © 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)

Easter
Eas@ter, n. [AS. eáster, eástran, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. Eástre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. Eástermœnað. From the root of E. east. See East .]
(from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, PC Study Bible formatted electronic database Copyright © 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)

EASTER
It is called Easter in English, from the Saxon goddess Eostre, whose festival was held in April. The Asiatic churches kept their Easter upon the very same day that the Jews observed their passover, and others on the first Sunday after the first full moon in the new year. This controversy was determined in the council of Nice, when it was ordained that Easter should be kept upon one and the same day, which should always be Sunday, in all Christian churches in the world.
(from Buck's Theological Dictionary. Biblesoft formatted electronic database. Copyright © 2015 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)


Easter
— originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honour of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover. Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the Resurrection of Christ, which occured at the time of the Passover. In the early English versions this word was frequently used as the translation of the Greek
pascha
(the Passover). When the Authorized Version (1611) was formed, the word "passover" was used in all passages in which this word pascha occurred, except in Acts 12:4. In the Revised Version the proper word, "passover," is always used.
(from Easton's Bible Dictionary, PC Study Bible formatted electronic database Copyright © 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)

 

[Davy]

One of the errors that many make about what day the crucifixion happened on is with John 19:31 with that "high day" being a 'sabbath'.

Per Leviticus 23, the Passover was to be sacrificed at evening on the 14th Nissan. And then the next day, the 15th of Nissan, was to be a "high day", a sabbath OTHER THAN the regular weekly sabbath. Thus there were TWO SABBATH days in that week.

And the regular weekly sabbath would begin on Friday evening at sundown and last until the next day Saturday evening at sundown. Sometime after Saturday sundown Jesus would rise, and Sunday morning He would appear to Mary. Saturday at sundown completed the full three days and three nights.