When did Jesus really Die?
Here is a
biblical look at why there appears to be a missing day when really. The Catholic
church and then the protestant church have misinterpreted what day of the week
Jesus died on. For Jesus to be in the tomb for 3 full days and 3 full nights
literally as scriptures declares he had to be crucified Wednesday afternoon and resurrected
Sunday Morning. So lets us look at the picture that scripture portrays.
PASSION WEEK TIME FRAME
NISAN 8, THURSDAY
6 days before Passover Jesus has supper with Lazarus
and his family, (John 12:1-11).
NISAN 9, FRIDAY
5 days before Passover Jesus' 1st entry into Jerusalem on the back of a colt, (Mark
11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44; John 12:12-19).
NISAN 10, SATURDAY
4 days before Passover Selection of the Passover lambs,
(Exodus 12:3). Jesus curses fig tree, Jesus' 2nd entry into Jerusalem on the
back of and ass and foal, Jesus casts money changers out of the temple, (Matt
21:1-17).
NISAN 11, SUNDAY
3 days before Passover, Disciples see fig tree outside
city withered up which Jesus cursed, Jesus teaches in Temple all day and refutes
his critics, Jesus gives Mount Olivet prophecy eats at Simon the Leper's home, (Matt.21:18-26:5,
Mark 11:20-14:2, Luke 20:1-22:2).
NISAN 12, MONDAY
2 days before Passover, Jesus tells the disciples to go
into city to prepare room for Passover, which would begin in 2 days with the
slaying of the lambs. Disciples do so and make ready for Passover; fined room,
purchase supplies, de-leaven, etc. Jesus did not go with them he stayed in
Bethany, (Matt. 26:6-19; Mark 14:3-16).
NISAN 13, TUESDAY
1 day before Passover, Monday night (begins 13th of
Nisan) Jesus eats his last meal with his disciples, prays at Garden of
Gethsemane, is betrayed by Judas. He is tried before Annas, Caiaphas, at night,
which is early 13th. Next AM by Pilate, Herod, and judged by Pilate at NOON, He
is given over to Roman soldiers, (Matt.26:20-27:31, Mark 14:17-19, Luke
22:14-23:24, John 13:1-19:15). It is John 19:14 which specifies noon.
NISAN 14, WEDNESDAY
Passover begins with the s
NISAN 15, THURSDAY
1st day of Unleavened Bread - Holy Day, Passover
meal/seder eaten in evening (still Wed by our time), Christ's first day in the
tomb guards are stationed at the tomb, (Matt 27:62-66).
NISAN 16, FRIDAY
2nd day if Unleavened Bread, Jesus's second day in the
tomb, Women buy and prepared spices, (Mark 16:1, Luke 23:56)
NISAN 17, SATURDAY
3rd day of Unleavened day the women rest this is
Christ's 3rd night and 3rd day in the tomb Christ is resurrected Sabbath evening
before the sunsets and 18th begins fulfilling prophecy of Jonah's being "3
days and 3 nights" in the "heart of the earth" (grave) total of
72 hours, (Matt.12: 40; Matt.28:1; Luke 23:56).
NISAN 18, SUNDAY
FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. He has risen women visit the
tomb while it is still dark but light is beginning and they discover he is
risen, Jesus meets Mary, other women, Jesus meets two disciples on way to
Emmaus, He meets all disciples that evening, (Matt 18:2-10; Mark 16:1-14; Luke
24:1-49; John 20:2-201:22). Jesus then goes to heaven after 40 days we add to
these 40 days the two days that he was in the grave to bring us to the day that
the wave sheaf was offered. We then subtract those 42 days from the counted 49
until Pentecost and we arrive at 7 days. These are the 7 days necessary to
anoint someone to be High Priest. Christ is our heavenly High Priest, the earth,
the natural is a copy of the heavenly. Remember that the Jewish days begin and
end at 6 PM. Jesus was literally in the grave three Hebraic days and three
nights no exceptions. Friday to Sunday does not work biblically -- If its Friday
that he died on then he rose on Monday which is actually the second day of the
week -- according to the Gregorian and greeco-roman calendars which we use. He
had to die on Thursday and rise Sunday Morning.
THE BIBLICAL TIME LINE OF EVENTS
Passover: 1st night
Mark 14:12; Matthew 26:17: "And on the first
day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover Lamb was being sacrificed, His
disciples said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare for You
to eat the Passover?"
Luke 22:7-8: "Then came the day of
Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. And He sent Peter
and John saying, Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."
Luke 22:15: "And He said to them, I have
earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,"
Garden - Betrayal - Arrest
Matthew 26:30; Mark 14:26: "And after
singing a hymn [Hallel], they went out to the Mount of Olives."
Luke 22:39: "And He came out and proceeded
as was His custom to the Mount of Olives..."
John 18:1: "When Jesus had spoken these
words, He went forth with His disciples over the ravine of the Kidron,
where there was a garden, into which He Himself entered and His disciples."
Night Trial: Sanhedrin
Matthew 26:57: "And those who had seized
Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas..."
Mark 14:53: "And they led Jesus away to the
high priest; and all the chief priests, elders and scribes gathered
together."
Luke 22:54: "And having arrested Him, they
led Him away, and brought Him to the house of the high priest."
John 18:12: "So the Roman cohort and the
commander, and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him, and
led Him to Annas first; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high
priest that year."
Day - 6:00 a.m.
Morning Trial: Sanhedrin
Matthew 27:1-2: "Now when morning had come,
all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against
Jesus to put Him to death;"
Mark 15:1: "And early in the morning the
chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole Council,
immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away, and delivered
Him up to Pilate."
Luke 22:66: "And when it was day, the
Council of elders of the people assembled...and they led Him away to
their council Chambers."
Before Pilate
Matthew 27:11: "Now Jesus stood before the
governor, and the governor questioned Him..."
Mark 15:1: "And early in the morning, the
chief priests....led Him away, and delivered Him up to Pilate."
Luke 23:1: "Then the whole body of them
arose and brought Him before Pilate."
John 18:28: "They led Jesus from Caiaphas
into the Praetorium, and it was early..."
Sentenced to Die
Matthew 27:26: "Then he released Barabbas
for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he delivered Him to be
crucified."
Mark 15:15-16: "...Pilate released Barabbas
for them and after having Jesus scourged, he delivered Him to be
crucified."
Luke 23:25: "And he released the man they
were asking for who had been thrown into prison...but delivered Jesus
to their will."
John 19:16: "So he then delivered Him to
them to be crucified."
Crucified
Matthew 27:33-35: "And when they had come to
a place called Golgotha....they had crucified Him..."
Mark 15:25: "And it was the third hour [9
a.m.] when they crucified him."
Luke 23:33: "And when they came to the place
called the Skull, there they crucified Him..."
John 19:17: "They took Jesus...to the place
called the Skull..."
Death of Jesus
Matthew 27:45-46: "Now from the sixth hour
[noon] darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour [3 p.m.].
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice..."
Mark 15:33,37: "And when the sixth hour had
come, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour. ... And
Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last."
Luke 23:44-46: "And it was about the sixth
hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour... And
Jesus crying out with a loud voice...He breathed His last."
Burial
Matthew 27:57-60: "And when it was
evening...Joseph took the body... and laid it in his own new tomb..."
Mark 15:42-46: "And when evening had already
come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the
Sabbath... Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down,... and laid Him in a
tomb which had been hewn out in the rock..."
Luke 23:50-54: "...and laid Him in a tomb
cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain. And it was the
preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin."
John 19:31-42: "Therefore, on account of the
Jewish day of preparation, because the tomb was nearby, they laid
Jesus there." [The 'High Sabbath' of v. 31 is referred to in Piske
Tosefot Shabbat as 'Shabbat HaGadol' (The Great or High Sabbath), and speaks
of the Sabbath that falls within the Week of Passover.]
Dead for three days and three nights
Resurrection: Sunrise
Matthew 28:1-6: "Now after the Sabbath, as
it began to dawn toward the first day of the week..."
Mark 16:1-6: "And it was very early on the
first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had
risen...."
Luke 24:1-6: "But on the first day of the
week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb..."
John 20:1-14: "Now on the first day of the
week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still
dark..."
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