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On What Day the Lord Jesus
Christ Was Crucified |
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The
First and the Last day of the Passover are like the Sabbath days they are
days of rest and no work is allowed.
Lev. 23:3 ":
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest,
an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of the
LORD in all your dwellings.
Lev. 23:7,8
": In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye
shall do no servile work therein. : But ye shall offer an offering made by
fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy
convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”
Notice that
Saturday is a day of rest
“the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no
work therein” Notice also
the first day of the Passover is “In the first day ye shall have
an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.”
The day
before the first day of the Passover is also called the day of the
preparation and is called also the Sabbath.
Mark 15:42
": And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation,
that is, the day before the Sabbath,”
Luke 23:54 ": And that
day was the preparation, and the Sabbath drew on.”
When did
the Jews seal and guard the sepulchre? The Scriptures.
Mat. 27:62-66
62": Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation,
the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
63": Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while
he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
64": Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the
third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and
say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be
worse than the first. 65":
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as
ye can. 66": So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone,
and setting a watch.
Now when
did the Jews sealed the sepulchre? Explanations.
They did not
seal it on the day of the preparation. He was buried on the day of
the preparation and just before sun down and there was no time to seal the
sepulchre. We have noticed that the first day of the Passover was treated
like the Sabbath day. So it is impossible to seal it on the first day of the
Passover because they will not meet with the Romans and they will not do
anything to violate the day of rest. “In the first day ye shall have
an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.” So the only
possible day is the day after the first day of Passover. This day is also
followed by the Sabbath day in this case it is for sure Saturday.
1.
The day of the
preparation of the Passover. We do not know what day of the week. (On this
day the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified.)
2.
The first day of
the Passover. (In 30 A.D. it happen to be on a Thursday.) From sundown to
sundown the first day in the grave.
3.
The day they
sealed the Tomb was one day before Saturday. (Friday) From sundown to
sundown the second day in the grave.
4.
Saturday. The
last day in the grave or the third day in the grave.
According to the
Jews Saturday starts more than an hour before sundown and ends more then an
hour after sundown. So the resurrection could have happened around two hours
after sundown.
John 19: 14,31,
42
14": And it was
the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour: and he
saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
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.
"42": There laid
they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the
sepulchre was nigh at hand.
How did
the Jews count days?
According the
way the Jews count days, the day starts sun down to sun down. So if the Lord
Jesus Christ was crucified on the preparation day before the Passover so he
was put in the grave a short time before the day of the Passover. The day
after the Passover they sealed the tomb. After the Sabbath day he rose from
the grave. The second Sabbath was a Saturday because it was followed by the
first day of the week and we are sure that is to be Sunday.
The Lord Jesus
Christ did not spend Sunday in the grave. John 20:1 ": The first day of the
week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto
the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.” Therefore
the Lord Jesus Christ rose between Saturday sundown (that is the beginning
of Sunday) and before the dawn in the morning. When Mary Magdalene came
early, when it was yet dark and did not meet the soldiers and found
that the Lord has already rose. If you study the verses below you will find
that the soldiers went to the chief priests and then assembled with the
elders and then went back to the rest of the soldiers telling we have money
for you to keep quiet. All this happened before Mary Magdalene came to the
tomb and while it was still dark.
Mat.28:2-4
2": And, behold,
there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended
from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon
it. 3": His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as
snow: 4": And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as
dead men.
11": Now when
they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed
unto the chief priests all the things that were done. 12": And when
they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave
large money unto the soldiers,
13": Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while
we slept. 14": And if
this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure
you. 15": So they took the
money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported
among the Jews until this day.
Let us summarize
this by saying the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified on Wednesday he stayed in
the grave Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and right after Saturday he rose
from the grave. On the first day of the week he rose from the grave. In this
way he stayed in the grave exactly three days no more and no less.
ATIF HIMADEH,
PASTOR
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