Poll: On what day of the week was Jesus Crucified?

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On What Day of the Week Was Jesus Crucified?


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Chester

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There is another thread discussing this, but I thought it would be interesting to see how a poll comes out.

Choose the day of the week you think Jesus was crucified on.
 

wolfwint

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There is another thread discussing this, but I thought it would be interesting to see how a poll comes out.

Choose the day of the week you think Jesus was crucified on.
Everybody knows he was cruzified on friday, ore does anyone questioning it?
 

Adstar

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Jesus was executed on Wednesday Passover day... And was placed in the tomb at sunset Wednesday.. I believe it was 30 AD also..

The Friday interpretation is a catholic religion derived tradition of men that the Bible clearly shows is false..

My LORD spent 3 days and 3 nights in the earth as the Bible declares..
 

Chester

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Everybody knows he was cruzified on friday, ore does anyone questioning it?
Wednesday is ahead 3 - 0 - 0

You better vote for Friday if you think everybody knows he was crucified on Friday! LOL!
 

Mem

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Though this agrees with Sadducees interpretation of when the wave offering is performed, I have a view where Resurrection Sunday would coincidentally agree with the Festival of First Fruits' Wave Offering falling on the day after the weekly sabbath [Easter Sunday] It is thought His Resurrection should coincide with the First Fruit offering but I think it that the actual ritual performed of waving the omer would more appropriately coincide with Jesus presenting Himself yo Father indicated by that He instructed Mary not to touch him (because He had not yet went to the Father) but then. later, had allowed Thomas to touch him],

so, my answer is Thursday:

Wednesday night ; Erev Paschach; Last Supper , Arrest/Trial;

Thursday: lambs killed; Jesus crucified; laid in tomb
Thursday night: High Sabbath of Passover
Friday: High Sabbath
Friday night; weekly Sabbath begins
Saturday: Weekly Sabbath
Saturday night: 3rd night

Sunday [Yom Rishon]: Mary finds tomb empty and Jesus tell her touch Him not; tenufat HaOmer
 

MarcR

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Though this agrees with Sadducees interpretation of when the wave offering is performed, I have a view where Resurrection Sunday would coincidentally agree with the Festival of First Fruits' Wave Offering falling on the day after the weekly sabbath [Easter Sunday] It is thought His Resurrection should coincide with the First Fruit offering but I think it that the actual ritual performed of waving the omer would more appropriately coincide with Jesus presenting Himself yo Father indicated by that He instructed Mary not to touch him (because He had not yet went to the Father) but then. later, had allowed Thomas to touch him],

so, my answer is Thursday:

Wednesday night ; Erev Paschach; Last Supper , Arrest/Trial;

Thursday: lambs killed; Jesus crucified; laid in tomb
Thursday night: High Sabbath of Passover
Friday: High Sabbath
Friday night; weekly Sabbath begins
Saturday: Weekly Sabbath
Saturday night: 3rd night

Sunday [Yom Rishon]: Mary finds tomb empty and Jesus tell her touch Him not; tenufat HaOmer
I Agree.

Most scholars agree Jesus was born in 5 B.C. [I believe on the first day of Sukkot].

He would have turned 30 years old in 25 A.D.

Abib 14, 28 A.D. would have been the 3rd Passover of His ministry. 14 Abib fell on a Thursday that year by astronomical calculation.

Thursday: lambs killed; Jesus crucified; laid in tomb
Thursday night: High Sabbath of Passover
Friday: High Sabbath
Friday night; weekly Sabbath begins
Saturday: Weekly Sabbath
Saturday night: 3rd night

Many Scriptures say Jesus was to rise the third day [Saturday night/Sunday]. (Firstfruits]
 

p_rehbein

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I Agree.

Most scholars agree Jesus was born in 5 B.C. [I believe on the first day of Sukkot].

He would have turned 30 years old in 25 A.D.

Abib 14, 28 A.D. would have been the 3rd Passover of His ministry. 14 Abib fell on a Thursday that year by astronomical calculation.

Thursday: lambs killed; Jesus crucified; laid in tomb
Thursday night: High Sabbath of Passover
Friday: High Sabbath
Friday night; weekly Sabbath begins
Saturday: Weekly Sabbath
Saturday night: 3rd night

Many Scriptures say Jesus was to rise the third day [Saturday night/Sunday]. (Firstfruits]
If He rose after Midnight, would that not mean He rose on Resurrection Sunday? To the Jew, when does it go from Sat night to Sun morn?
 

graceNpeace

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If He rose after Midnight, would that not mean He rose on Resurrection Sunday? To the Jew, when does it go from Sat night to Sun morn?
Midnight means a change from one day to another in modern society.
In Biblical, specifically Jewish, understanding a day ends, and another starts, at sunset...
Gen 1:5 NKJV "[FONT=&quot]So the evening and the morning were the first day.[/FONT]"
 

FlSnookman7

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I could google this but i'll ask here. When they blow on the shofar? the ram horn I think, is that to signify the start of a feast? If so, does it occur when the first star is scene?

As to the op I did not vote because I am not sure.
 
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Johnny_B

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This Sabbath was not a weekly Sabbath, it was a high day Sabbath, which we will see in Leviticus 23.

John 19:31 “Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.”

The chief priests and Pharisees came to pilate after the preperation day or holy covacation. Matthew 27:62-66
The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate63 and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.”66 So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.”

This Sabbath was for the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Leviticus 23:4-8 “‘These are the feasts of the Lord, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.5 On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord for seven days. The seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.’”

Matthew 26:17-19, 26-29 “Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?”18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’”19 And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover…..


26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you,28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.”

Jesus and the disciples eat the meal on the day that the Passover Lamb was to be killed. Mark 14:12 “Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?”

Luke agrees in 22:7
“Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed.” Which would be Nisan 14th, II Chronicles 35:1 “Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem. And they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.” This makes that Sabbath or High Day the Passover not the weekly Sabbath and the day of preperation closed out aftef Christ had died. Mark 15:42 “Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,” Christ died on the day that the Passover is to be killed.

Jesus was suffering before the Passover Lamb was eaten. John 18:28 “Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. But they themselves did not go into the Praetorium, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.”

Christ suffered and died or was being prepeared on the day of preperation for the Passover. The meal is prepared the day before the Passover meal is to be eaten. Notice that the Sabbath that had passed when the women came to the Tomb was not the High Day Sabbath. Matthew 28:1
“Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.”

None of the Gospel mention it as the High Day Sabbath, it was t
he Passover that was the High Day Sabbath that was being prepared for, not the weekly Sabbath, Jesus was crucified on a Thursday. The next day was the Passover High Day, then the weekly Sabbath and the women came to the Tomb on Sunday morning. Jesus taught that He would suffer for 72 hours then raise from the died. If we look at the time Peter denied Christ which was the third watch which ended at 6:00 A.M. and the women came to the Tomb at 6:00 A.M. making it 72 hours and Christ started His suffering to resurrection.

Luke 22:60-65
“But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”62 So Peter went out and wept bitterly.


63 Now the men who held Jesus mocked Him and beat Him.64 And having blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck You?”65 And many other things they blasphemously spoke against Him.”

Final answer He was cruxified on Thrusday Nisan 14th on the day of preperation.
 

FlSnookman7

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"Final answer He was cruxified on Thrusday Nisan 14th on the day of preperation." JohnnieB

While that may indeed be the correct answer, I am highly doubtful of it being the final one.
:p
 

wolfwint

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Most people question or reject it.
Maby in USA, in germany all christians believe that. I dont know any denomination which teaches different.
Of course non christians will not believe that, but they dont believe it doesnt matter what day.
 

Johnny_B

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"Final answer He was cruxified on Thrusday Nisan 14th on the day of preperation." JohnnieB

While that may indeed be the correct answer, I am highly doubtful of it being the final one.
:p
It has to be not because I says so, but because it is the day that the Passover lamb is slain. Where we westernrs have a problem is that out holidays come on a day. Like the thrid Sunday of a month, not so with the way the Lord set it up, they come on a date.

II Chornicles 35:1 “Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem. And they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.”

Exodus 12:1-6 “The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household.4 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.”

Leviticus 23:4-8 “These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them.5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the Lord's Passover.6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.8 But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.”

Numbers 9:1-5 “And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,2 “Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.3 On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its rules you shall keep it.”4 So Moses told the people of Israel that they should keep the Passover.5 And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did.”

Numbers 33:1-4 “These are the stages of the people of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their companies under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.2 Moses wrote down their starting places, stage by stage, by command of the Lord, and these are their stages according to their starting places.3 They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover, the people of Israel went out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians,4 while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them. On their gods also the Lord executed judgments.”

Nisan is the first month of the year, the Jewish year and the 14th is the day that the Passover lamb is killed and the 15th is the day the feast of Unleavened Bread starts. So if Jesus was not killed on the 14th day 0f the first month He is not the Passover Lamb. Not my call, it is the call of the Lord who set up the Passover dates.
 

Noose

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I put Wednesday when i mean Thursday because there is a difference in how we count days today. The Jews counted their days from 3pm evening, we count from midnight. A Wednesday would mean today's Thursday.
 
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I didn't vote because I don't know, but I seriously doubt it was Friday. This is something that you can put a lot of effort into to what avail?
 

mailmandan

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Question: "On what day was Jesus crucified?"

Answer: The Bible does not explicitly state on which day of the week Jesus was crucified. The two most widely held views are Friday and Wednesday. Some, however, using a synthesis of both the Friday and Wednesday arguments, argue for Thursday as the day.

Jesus said in Matthew 12:40, “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Those who argue for a Friday crucifixion say that there is still a valid way in which He could have been considered in the grave for three days. In the Jewish mind of the first century, a part of day was considered as a full day. Since Jesus was in the grave for part of Friday, all of Saturday, and part of Sunday—He could be considered to have been in the grave for three days. One of the principal arguments for Friday is found in Mark 15:42, which notes that Jesus was crucified “the day before the Sabbath.” If that was the weekly Sabbath, i.e. Saturday, then that fact leads to a Friday crucifixion. Another argument for Friday says that verses such as Matthew 16:21 and Luke 9:22 teach that Jesus would rise on the third day; therefore, He would not need to be in the grave a full three days and nights. But while some translations use “on the third day” for these verses, not all do, and not everyone agrees that “on the third day” is the best way to translate these verses. Furthermore, Mark 8:31 says that Jesus will be raised “after” three days.

The Thursday argument expands on the Friday view and argues mainly that there are too many events (some count as many as twenty) happening between Christ's burial and Sunday morning to occur from Friday evening to Sunday morning. Proponents of the Thursday view point out that this is especially a problem when the only full day between Friday and Sunday was Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath. An extra day or two eliminates that problem. The Thursday advocates could reason thus: suppose you haven't seen a friend since Monday evening. The next time you see him it is Thursday morning and you say, “I haven’t seen you in three days” even though it had technically only been 60 hours (2.5 days). If Jesus was crucified on Thursday, this example shows how it could be considered three days.

The Wednesday opinion states that there were two Sabbaths that week. After the first one (the one that occurred on the evening of the crucifixion [Mark 15:42; Luke 23:52-54]), the women purchased spices—note that they made their purchase after the Sabbath (Mark 16:1). The Wednesday view holds that this “Sabbath” was the Passover (see Leviticus 16:29-31, 23:24-32, 39, where high holy days that are not necessarily the seventh day of the week are referred to as the Sabbath). The second Sabbath that week was the normal weekly Sabbath. Note that in Luke 23:56, the women who had purchased spices after the first Sabbath returned and prepared the spices, then “rested on the Sabbath.” The argument states that they could not purchase the spices after the Sabbath, yet prepare those spices before the Sabbath—unless there were two Sabbaths. With the two-Sabbath view, if Christ was crucified on Thursday, then the high holy Sabbath (the Passover) would have begun Thursday at sundown and ended at Friday sundown—at the beginning of the weekly Sabbath or Saturday. Purchasing the spices after the first Sabbath (Passover) would have meant they purchased them on Saturday and were breaking the Sabbath.

Therefore, according to the Wednesday viewpoint, the only explanation that does not violate the biblical account of the women and the spices and holds to a literal understanding of Matthew 12:40, is that Christ was crucified on Wednesday. The Sabbath that was a high holy day (Passover) occurred on Thursday, the women purchased spices (after that) on Friday and returned and prepared the spices on the same day, they rested on Saturday which was the weekly Sabbath, then brought the spices to the tomb early Sunday. Jesus was buried near sundown on Wednesday, which began Thursday in the Jewish calendar. Using a Jewish calendar, you have Thursday night (night one), Thursday day (day one), Friday night (night two), Friday day (day two), Saturday night (night three), Saturday day (day three). We do not know exactly what time He rose, but we do know that it was before sunrise on Sunday. He could have risen as early as just after sunset Saturday evening, which began the first day of the week to the Jews. The discovery of the empty tomb was made just at sunrise (Mark 16:2), before it was fully light (John 20:1).

A possible problem with the Wednesday view is that the disciples who walked with Jesus on the road to Emmaus did so on “the same day” of His resurrection (Luke 24:13). The disciples, who do not recognize Jesus, tell Him of Jesus' crucifixion (24:21) and say that “today is the third day since these things happened” (24:22). Wednesday to Sunday is four days. A possible explanation is that they may have been counting since Wednesday evening at Christ's burial, which begins the Jewish Thursday, and Thursday to Sunday could be counted as three days.

In the grand scheme of things, it is not all that important to know what day of the week Christ was crucified. If it were very important, then God's Word would have clearly communicated the day and timeframe. What is important is that He did die and that He physically, bodily rose from the dead. What is equally important is the reason He died—to take the punishment that all sinners deserve. John 3:16 and 3:36 both proclaim that putting your trust in Him results in eternal life! This is equally true whether He was crucified on a Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.

https://www.gotquestions.org/three-days.html
 
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Wednesday is ahead 3 - 0 - 0

You better vote for Friday if you think everybody knows he was crucified on Friday! LOL!
Kind of sad people don't know.

He was killed right before the Sabbath day. According to the Bible, Sabbath starts at sundown and ends at sundown the next day. What day of the week was that? Technically, it's "D. None of the above," since there were no days called "Wednesday," "Thursday," or "Friday" back then. It was the day before Sabbath started.

The rest is what we've turned that into over the last 1980+ years.

Nothing to do with God. All to do with personal prejudice over nothing in particular.
 

Grandpa

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Kind of sad people don't know.

He was killed right before the Sabbath day. According to the Bible, Sabbath starts at sundown and ends at sundown the next day. What day of the week was that? Technically, it's "D. None of the above," since there were no days called "Wednesday," "Thursday," or "Friday" back then. It was the day before Sabbath started.

The rest is what we've turned that into over the last 1980+ years.

Nothing to do with God. All to do with personal prejudice over nothing in particular.
If we were to put a name on the day then it would be Thursday. The day before Sabbath starts.

Because Sabbath starts Friday at sunset. Right?