HOW MANY HOURS WAS JESUS DEAD ON THE CROSS?

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rstrats

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You said:

assuming the Passover got its name from the passing over of the Lord
at midnight, does that mean it took place at midnight on the 14th?

Passover lasts a day. What are you asking about happening at midnight?
The passing over Egypt by the Lord at midnight killing all of Egypt's first born (Exodus 12:29).
 

Magenta

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The passing over Egypt by the Lord at midnight killing all of Egypt's first born (Exodus 12:29).
The verse you quotes specifically says midnight.

At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.

So yeah, it makes no sense why you are questioning this.
 

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At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.

So yeah, it makes no sense why you are questioning this.
I'm not question that. I'm merely asking if it was midnight on the 14th as opposed to midnight on the 15th.
 

Magenta

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I'm not question that. I'm merely asking if it was midnight on the 14th as opposed to midnight on the 15th.
Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover
lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 Chronicles 35:1. 1

Exodus 12:6 Take care of them (the lamb set aside for the Passover meal, on the tenth day of the first month) until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast.
 

rstrats

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8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast.
Was that the night of the 14th or was it the night of the 15th?
 

Magenta

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Was that the night of the 14th or was it the night of the 15th?
Looks like the 14th to me :) But it was day, since their day started at sundown,
which was when they were to slaughter the lamb, and eat it the same day.
 

rstrats

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Their day started at sundown.


Everyone knows that. But I don't see what that has to do with the question. I thought you were saying that the midnight killing of the Egyptian's 1st born was on the 14th. However, then you said it was day. I assumed that by "day" that you were referring to daytime.
 

Magenta

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Everyone knows that. But I don't see what that has to do with the question. I thought you were saying that the midnight killing of the Egyptian's 1st born was on the 14th. However, then you said it was day. I assumed that by "day" that you were referring to daytime.
I did say it was on the 14th. What does that have to do with how many hours Jesus was dead on the cross?
 

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Watchman Nee (in a book I'm reading) sounds like he said Jesus was on the cross for 6 hours.
"So far as the experience of co-death in the Christian life is concerned, it is mainly included in this representative period six hours."
I checked the account of the Passover on this matter, in Numbers 9.
Num 9:3
3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
KJV
Num 9:12
12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
KJV
But according to this chart I found online, it sounds like He was dead on the cross for 3 hours, judging by the details of the Passover, as to having started in the evening, and that eating of it was to finish before morning. So maybe he guessed a bit incorrectly, as to how long Jesus was dead on the cross.
https://www.theisraelofgodrc.com/Hebrew
What possible difference could this have on us at the end of the church age? What is important is that HE died, was buried, and rose again.
 

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What possible difference could this have on us at the end of the church age? What is important is that HE died, was buried, and rose again.
True - of course! As you say - that's what is most important - and making sure one is saved and if not saved - that they hopefully make that choice to get saved!
 

rstrats

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I did say it was on the 14th. What does that have to do with how many hours Jesus was dead on the cross?
Actually, nothing. But as you know, many if not most topic replies go off topic - some as early as the first reply to the OP - and this one is no exception.
 

Magenta

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Actually, nothing. But as you know, many if not most topic replies go off topic - some as early as the first reply to the OP - and this one is no exception.
Six months later LOL... :oops::unsure::geek::giggle:
 

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Op question: HOW MANY HOURS WAS JESUS DEAD ON THE CROSS?

Mark 15:25 And it was the third hour (9am) & they crucified him. Mk 15:34 9th hr , verse 37 Jesus dies (3pm)

Jesus is on the cross for 6 hrs & dies. His body is removed before sundown (Jn 19:38, Mk 15:46).

At death (3pm) Jesus Spirit left is body & broke thru the Spiritual barrier as he passed thru & split the Temple veil in 1/2 (Matt 27:50-51).

In the garden of Eden Cherubim angels were sent to block sinful man from God's presents (Gen 3:24, Heb 9:1-9)

There were Cherubim angels on the top (a symbol of protecting) of the Ark of the Covenant (Ex 25:22) in the Holies of Holies. There were Cherubim angels embroidered on the veil (Ex 26:31) warning sinful man not to enter the Holies of Holies where the presents dwelt.

There was 1 exception per yr on the Day of Atonement when the High Priest was allowed to enter. Not without a sacrifice's & incense (Lev 16:12-13).
amen and the Holy Spirit was speaking forth of this day always even in the pattern of the veil it’s amazing how he was always speaking about Christ even in the pattern of the tabernacle and priesthood

“But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭9:7-17‬ ‭KJV‬‬