Mat. 12:40 says Jesus would be entombed 3 days AND 3 nights. Why do observe the crucifixion on Friday?

Question

Jesus said in Matthew 12:40 that he would be in the bowels of the earth for 3 days and 3 nights. There is no way that you can get 3 days AND 3 nights between Friday and Sunday.

Answer 1

Jesus used the Hebrew system of measuring a day - from sundown to sunup.

The gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, for the most part, used the Hebrew system of measuring a day: from sundown to sunup.

(The Roman system was from midnight to midnight. For example -
"John wrote his gospel in Ephesus, the capital of the Roman province of Asia).

But Matthew, Mark, Luke - (and Jesus) Used the Hebrew system of measuring a day: from sundown to sunup.

Answer 2

Mark 15: 42 ¶ And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath...
16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

The mention that He was buried before the Sabbath and that Mary etc. came the first day of the week. Since the usual Sabbath is Saturday, and He was crucified, supposedly, the day before, that would be Friday.

However, that's not three days and three nights, not by any stretch of the imagination.

Here is something I ran across.

Matthew 27: 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.

This seems to say, to me anyway, that Jesus died the day before the Sabbath, BUT, it was the day AFTER that sabbath that these men wanted the tomb sealed. If it was Friday that Jesus died, and Sunday morning when He rose (which IS the first day of the week), then they wouldn't have had time to seal the tomb, and it WAS sealed.

Therefore, it would have had to be Wednesday that He was killed, if

a. He was to be in the tomb three days and three nights, and

b. there was time to seal the tomb AFTER the day of the preparation, and BEFORE that seal was broken and Jesus was resurrected.

Wednesday (night one): Christ crucified
Thursday (day one, night two) : day of preparation (probably a special one because of Passover)
Friday (day two, night three): day after day of preparation when tomb was sealed.
Saturday (day three, resurrected that night): regular seventh day Sabbath
Sunday: First day of week, tomb empty.

Mormons don't "celebrate" Good Friday. Just Easter.

>>Because the Jewish day is actually sundown to sundown. Friday started at sundown on Thursday.

Even if you count it like that, it still doesn't account that Christ SAID that He was going to be in the tomb THREE days and THREE nights.

Answer 3

Your right! He didn't die on friday.

The testimony of an angel, spoken to the women who came early Sunday morning to embalm the body. "He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay" (Matthew 28:6). Jesus had promised that He would be exactly three days and three nights in the tomb and He rose just exactly as He said He would.

But," many will respond, "doesn’t the Bible say that Jesus was crucified and buried on Friday and that the tomb was empty on Sunday morning?" It is true that the tomb was already empty on Sunday morning, but the Bible nowhere speaks of a Friday crucifixion. It does say that He was crucified on the "preparation day" (Mark 15:42–45), but we must recognize which preparation day this was. Remember, the Bible speaks of annual Sabbaths—"Holy Days"—in addition to the weekly Sabbath (cf., Leviticus 23:4, 7, 24, 27–32). Jesus was crucified on the preparation day before an annual Sabbath, during the daylight portion of the Passover—Abib 14 on the Hebrew calendar. The following day—Abib 15—is an annual Holy Day, the first Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Passover fell on a Wednesday in 31ad, the year of Jesus’ crucifixion. Thursday was an annual Sabbath, the first Holy Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Jesus was buried just before sunset on Wednesday afternoon, and was in the tomb Wednesday night, Thursday, Thursday night, Friday, Friday night, and Saturday—three days and three nights, just as He promised. He was resurrected just before sunset on Saturday afternoon, exactly 72 hours after His burial. On Sunday morning, when the women came at dawn to embalm His body, He was already gone. They did not see the resurrection; they saw an empty tomb, and were told by an angel that He had risen just as He said He would.

Answer 4

You are quite correct in your math. In all probability Christ was probably crucified on a Wednesday. The Jewish people observe time differently than we do. Their days begin at sunset, so in all probability Christ was entombed Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights. The days would have been Thursday, Friday and Saturday. So his resurection would have occured sometime between sunset Saturday and Sunday morning. The biblical account says that Mary went very early in the morning to seek him but was met by the angel who told her "He is not here"

Answer 5

a million. It had to be 3 days and 3 nights. If no longer, Jesus isn't the Messiah and Christianity could be abandoned. 2. If somebody here thinks that Friday night via Sunday morning is "3 days and 3 nights", then think of of this. You arrive at a inn on Friday night and front table person confirms which you're staying for 3 days and 3 nights. Will you be ticked as quickly as I throw you out on Sunday afternoon for staying too long? 3. people who don't understand the customs of Leviticus, particularly Passover, don't understand that the 1st day of Passover (and the night earlier) is likewise a Sabbath. If Jesus replaced into buried Friday night, then you definitely could anticipate that the 1st day of Passover began on the customary Sabbath which for sure does happen. yet a Sunday resurrection could nevertheless be incorrect. 4. whilst i replaced into in a theology type on the college of Wisconsin, we studied this matter. We went lower back to the calendar year that Jesus is in many cases agreed to have died on. Passover began on Thursday (Wednesday night). this could propose he replaced into resurrected on Saturday morning. for the reason that Saturday is the weekly Sabbath, no Jews nor followers of Jesus could have arrived. whilst Mary observed Jesus, it replaced into rather early on Sunday. She walked to his tomb together because it replaced into nevertheless dark, alongside with Mary Magdelene. He had already left his tomb. So the Bible even shows that he rose earlier the sunlight rose. This cuts into that 3 days and 3 nights concept of many church homes much greater. edit: The gentleman above me has it laid out completely.

Answer 6

3 days and nights does not necessarily equate to 72 hours to a Jew. Any portion of a day is a day. Part of Friday, all of Saturday, and part of Sunday would be sufficient to make that statement. It is clear from scripture that Jesus was not in the tomb for 72 hours. This has been argued and solved literally thousands of times.

Answer 7

And what about those MANY texts that mention , "on the third day"? For example,

"Mat 20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and scribes; and they shall condemn him to death,
Mat 20:19 and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he shall be raised up. "

"On the third day" means that it wasn't a complete 72 hours after which Jesus would be raised. Besides, according to Jewish reckoning, a part of a day was considered a day. No discrepancy here.

Answer 8

You have been deceived by the church and the council.

Jesus died on Thursday April 16, 33 AD, the day of Preparation.

Answer 9

Of all the christian "holy" days that don't have matching dates..... this would be one of them.

Are you also aware that easter isn't even technically a christian holiday? It was a pagan holiday stolen to convert pagans to christians.... Kind of like cell phone company advertising that you can keep your old number if you switch to them..... "hey, if you change your religion now you can still keep your old holidays." The actual days of the holidays do not coincide with the days those holidays are celebrated on at all.

The entire christian faith is based on a 2000+ year old fairy tale book.

Answer 10

That would be roman tampering. Jews don't follow this and some Christians don't either.
Just like with the "sabbath day" thing. The seventh day is actually Saturday, not Sunday. Sunday is the day they worshiped the sun god Baal.