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

[wolfwint]

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.

And because the jews celebrate Sabbath from friday sundown till saturday sundown, Jesus was cruzified on a friday( however it called in those days)

 

[HeRoseFromTheDead]

There were sabbaths on the first and last days of the 7-day festival of unleavened bread. So with the weekly sabbath, 3 sabbaths could occur during that week

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. And in the first day [there shall be] an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save [that] which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. Exodus 12:15-16​

 

[Mem]

And because the jews celebrate Sabbath from friday sundown till saturday sundown, Jesus was cruzified on a friday( however it called in those days)

that is the weekly (7th day) sabbath you're referring to. Passover is a high sabbath day and can occur any day of the (gregorian) week, though it always occurs on the 14th of nissan (also known as abib) according to the jewish calendar. Determined in the same way as we do Christmas. So, I see how we gentiles might mistake the reference to the day before the sabbath as friday, yet, the sabbath actually referred to in particular is the high sabbath (which is not necessarily always the seventh day)

 

[Chester]

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?

A lot of effort and then you might still be wrong! LOL! I am like you - I seriously doubt it was Friday, and think it was Wednesday, but it could have been on Thursday.

 

[Chester]

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

Interesting discussion from "gotquestions" - In my area, Thursday is the preferred view among scholars, so they would chafe that theirs is a "synthesis of the Friday and Wed. arguments". I think the Wed. makes the most sense.

 

[Chester]

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.

For the poll the days of the week are according to our current calendar:

But you are right that Jewish days start in the evening and not at midnight.

 

[FlyingDove]

OP answer = Thursday

Christ is nailed to the cross at the 3rd hour (9am) on Thurs Nisan 14: Mark 15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

Christ dies at the 9th hour (3pm) Matt 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

At the moment Christ dies: There is a great earthquake; as Christ passes through the Temple Veil, it's torn in 1/2 (Matt 27:50-51). He enters Paradise at this point in time

Christ is in the grave on Thurs Nisan 14 at 3pm = A morning & Thurs night 6-7 pm til 6-7 am = 1 night. Repeat a morn & night on Fri & Sat. 3 day & 3 nights fulfilled.

When Mary show up at day break om Sun HE'S GONE!

Sorry, Fri dosen't work: A not enough time to fulfill Jonah prophecy, PLUS, it was a High Sabbath. Read John 19:31

 

[wolfwint]

that is the weekly (7th day) sabbath you're referring to. Passover is a high sabbath day and can occur any day of the (gregorian) week, though it always occurs on the 14th of nissan (also known as abib) according to the jewish calendar. Determined in the same way as we do Christmas. So, I see how we gentiles might mistake the reference to the day before the sabbath as friday, yet, the sabbath actually referred to in particular is the high sabbath (which is not necessarily always the seventh day)

This is interisting. But it is not written that Jesus rose up on the 1. Day of the week. Thats why we celebrate sunday? One day after the jewish sabbath day.

 

[Icetech]

Everybody knows he was cruzified on friday, ore does anyone questioning it?

Do you think you can count 3 days and 3 nights from Friday and arrive at Sunday morning?

[FONT=&quot]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. Matthew 12:40

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[Angela53510]

Chester, I keep checking back in, to look at the totals. I know you wouldn't want me voting for a loser day of the week.

Yep, just waiting to pick the winning day. LOL

As for what really happened, probably a poll doesn't cut it!

 

[Mem]

This is interisting. But it is not written that Jesus rose up on the 1. Day of the week. Thats why we celebrate sunday? One day after the jewish sabbath day.

I'm not arguing that Jesus rose after the weekly sabbath, just saying that He was in the tomb on for a during of two consecutive sabbath days, as they were instructed to make sure to take Him down from the cross before the (high) sabbath began. As scripture says in Matt 27:57, "When it was evening (Thursday night at the close of the high sabbath), there came a rich man of Aramethea named Joseph..." asking for the body of Jesus to place it in his own tomb. Then we have verse 62 which is, "The next day, the one after Preparation Day (day before weekly sabbath, ergo Friday), the order is given to secure the tomb (on Saturday). And then Matt 28 starts with, "After the sabbath at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdelene and the other Mary..." (Sunday) where told "He is not here..." and are met by the risen Jesus.

^Elsewhere, there is an account that the guards had fallen asleep when He arose (suggesting, possibly, that it was night time), unless my recollection fails me, as am having trouble locating the exact text to verify this.

 

[Mem]

I'm not arguing that Jesus rose after the weekly sabbath, just saying that He was in the tomb on for a during of two consecutive sabbath days, as they were instructed to make sure to take Him down from the cross before the (high) sabbath began. As scripture says in Matt 27:57, "When it was evening (Thursday night at the close of the high sabbath), there came a rich man of Aramethea named Joseph..." asking for the body of Jesus to place it in his own tomb. Then we have verse 62 which is, "The next day, the one after Preparation Day (day before weekly sabbath, ergo Friday), the order is given to secure the tomb (on Saturday). And then Matt 28 starts with, "After the sabbath at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdelene and the other Mary..." (Sunday) where told "He is not here..." and are met by the risen Jesus.

^Elsewhere, there is an account that the guards had fallen asleep when He arose (suggesting, possibly, that it was night time), unless my recollection fails me, as am having trouble locating the exact text to verify this.

Still haven't found that latter account, (maybe just saw it on veggie tales or something?) but I did find a verse to verify that Jesus was placed in the tomb on the eve (Thursday night) of the day of preparation (Friday), John 19:42, "And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there."

 

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[p_rehbein]

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 "So the evening and the morning were the first day."

K..... So, wouldn't that mean He rose on Resurrection Sunday sometime after sunset on Saturday>

 

[iamsoandso]

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.

What year in the Hebrew calender though?,,, In ad28 it may have fell on what we call Thursday but in ad30 on another day because at certain times an additional month is added because of the grain harvest(Adar1,2 and others)...So the day could only be known from the year when Nisan 14 fell and our Lord was crucified ,, so the only way to know the day is to know the year,,,lol or to know the year the first day would have fallen after it...

 

[Bladerunner]

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="]So the evening and the morning were the first day.[/FONT][/COLOR]"[/QUOTE]

[COLOR="#0000CD"]6PM to 6AM

 

[wolfwint]

I'm not arguing that Jesus rose after the weekly sabbath, just saying that He was in the tomb on for a during of two consecutive sabbath days, as they were instructed to make sure to take Him down from the cross before the (high) sabbath began. As scripture says in Matt 27:57, "When it was evening (Thursday night at the close of the high sabbath), there came a rich man of Aramethea named Joseph..." asking for the body of Jesus to place it in his own tomb. Then we have verse 62 which is, "The next day, the one after Preparation Day (day before weekly sabbath, ergo Friday), the order is given to secure the tomb (on Saturday). And then Matt 28 starts with, "After the sabbath at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdelene and the other Mary..." (Sunday) where told "He is not here..." and are met by the risen Jesus.

^Elsewhere, there is an account that the guards had fallen asleep when He arose (suggesting, possibly, that it was night time), unless my recollection fails me, as am having trouble locating the exact text to verify this.

You mean then from beginning on the christians use a false day? We should celebrate good thursday and good friday?

 

[wolfwint]

I mean: and not good friday.

 

[iamsoandso]

Twilight,,,see page one for scriptures...when the sun is below the horizon and a soft glow of light is in it's declining motion...

 

[MarcR]

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.

There are three Rabbinic traditions. The strict Biblical tradition is at sundown [when the top of the Sun's disk moves below the horizon.] Another is when 3 stars are visible. [This can be as much as 90 minutes earlier] a third tradition is by astronomical calculation [which need not be physically observed].