Was Jesus resurrected on a Sunday ?
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THE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS
Now to answer the first question of the three days and three nights, we first prove the time of the resurrection and
then, working backward, find out the time of burial.
This is quite simple. In
Matthew 28:1, we read that two women
came, “In the end of the sabbath” tosee the sepulchre, “toward”--NOT“on”--the first day. They did not come
to anoint the body of Jesus, but to see if
the course was clear (apparently) for them to perform that service the next
day. They knew the time was nearly due when the soldiers would leave the tomb,hence the visit (Matthew 27:63). As
they came, "...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. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became
as dead men"
Now to answer the first question of the three days and three nights, we first prove the time of the resurrection and
then, working backward, find out the time of burial.
This is quite simple. In
Matthew 28:1, we read that two women
came, “In the end of the sabbath” tosee the sepulchre, “toward”--NOT“on”--the first day. They did not come
to anoint the body of Jesus, but to see if
the course was clear (apparently) for them to perform that service the next
day. They knew the time was nearly due when the soldiers would leave the tomb,hence the visit (Matthew 27:63). As
they came, "...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. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became
as dead men"
(Matthew 28:2-4). The
angel told the women not to fear, also
that “Jesus...is risen,”and after inviting them to see the empty tomb, sent them
to go and tell the other disciples the gladnews. "As they went...Jesus met them," thus confirming the fact of His resurrection, also the angel’s message to the disciples. This all happened as the
Bible states, "In the end of the
sabbath" (Matthew 28:1-10), and as this Sabbath is by Peter in Acts 10:40, and by Paul in I Cor. 15:4, called “the third day,” (two apostles who lived contemporaneously with Matthew and would therefore know) we have no hesitation in saying that the Sabbath and“the third day” are in this case identical.
angel told the women not to fear, also
that “Jesus...is risen,”and after inviting them to see the empty tomb, sent them
to go and tell the other disciples the gladnews. "As they went...Jesus met them," thus confirming the fact of His resurrection, also the angel’s message to the disciples. This all happened as the
Bible states, "In the end of the
sabbath" (Matthew 28:1-10), and as this Sabbath is by Peter in Acts 10:40, and by Paul in I Cor. 15:4, called “the third day,” (two apostles who lived contemporaneously with Matthew and would therefore know) we have no hesitation in saying that the Sabbath and“the third day” are in this case identical.
Now let us see upon which day Jesus
was crucified and buried. In Luke 23:54
we read, "And that day was the
preparation, and the sabbath drew
on." The crucifixion day, therefore, was followed by a sabbath, but what sabbath? If it was the weekly (7th day)
Sabbath, Jesus was only twenty-four hours in the tomb, for He rose as have just shown, in the end of that day.
In John 19:31, however, the sabbath that “drew on” is called “an high day” and this is where we get the clue to the
solution of the difficulty.
Jesus was crucified on Passover day.This happened on the 14th day of the month of Abib and was followed by “the feast of unleavened bread” which commenced on the 15th, and continued until the 21st day of the same month
(Lev. 23:5-8). The first and last days of
this feast were days of "holy convocation" or sabbaths; no servile work was to be done in them. The sabbath that “drew on” was one of these (i.e., the 15th of Abib), and not
the weekly Sabbath at all.
Jesus,
therefore, lay in the grave two sabbaths, the first being the 15th of Abib, the “high day” that drew on, and the other, the weekly Sabbath. This fact enables us to
was crucified and buried. In Luke 23:54
we read, "And that day was the
preparation, and the sabbath drew
on." The crucifixion day, therefore, was followed by a sabbath, but what sabbath? If it was the weekly (7th day)
Sabbath, Jesus was only twenty-four hours in the tomb, for He rose as have just shown, in the end of that day.
In John 19:31, however, the sabbath that “drew on” is called “an high day” and this is where we get the clue to the
solution of the difficulty.
Jesus was crucified on Passover day.This happened on the 14th day of the month of Abib and was followed by “the feast of unleavened bread” which commenced on the 15th, and continued until the 21st day of the same month
(Lev. 23:5-8). The first and last days of
this feast were days of "holy convocation" or sabbaths; no servile work was to be done in them. The sabbath that “drew on” was one of these (i.e., the 15th of Abib), and not
the weekly Sabbath at all.
Jesus,
therefore, lay in the grave two sabbaths, the first being the 15th of Abib, the “high day” that drew on, and the other, the weekly Sabbath. This fact enables us to
Mark says the women bought the spices "when the sabbath was past". This, of course, was the “high day” sabbath mentioned in John 19:31, Luke 23:54, and Mark 15:42. Luke, however, (Chapter 23:56) says, "they... prepared
spices and ointments; and (then) rested the sabbath day according to the commandment." This was the 7th day. The women, therefore, bought and prepared the spices between the TWO sabbaths that Jesus lay in the tomb, and
"in the end of" the latter, two of them came and found He had risen (Matthew 28:1-6). The day the spices were
bought, therefore, was Friday.
spices and ointments; and (then) rested the sabbath day according to the commandment." This was the 7th day. The women, therefore, bought and prepared the spices between the TWO sabbaths that Jesus lay in the tomb, and
"in the end of" the latter, two of them came and found He had risen (Matthew 28:1-6). The day the spices were
bought, therefore, was Friday.
Let us now put these conclusions in
simple order. Jesus was crucified on Passover day (the 14th of Abib) and was buried as the “high day” sabbath (the 15th of Abib) “drew on”. (See John 19:31 and John 19:14 and 42, and Luke 23:50-54). When that high day “sabbath was past” the women bought and prepared the spices. (Compare Mark 16:1 with Luke 23:56, first clause).
Thus, the spices were boughton the 16th of Abib. This was followed
by the 17th of Abib, which was "the sabbath day according to the commandment," on which the women
rested.
"In the end of" this, the two Marys came to see the sepulchre and found that Jesus had risen. (Compare Luke 23:56, last clause, with Matthew 28:1-6.) Therefore, as the 17th of Abib was "the sabbath day according to the commandment", now called Saturday; the 16th of Abib (when the spices were bought) was Friday; the 15th of Abib (the high day sabbath) was Thursday; and the 14th of Abib (Passover day) was Wednesday.
Jesus,therefore, was buried in the end of Wednesday, as Thursday, the "high day" sabbath drew on, and rose in the end of Saturday, the 7th day, as the first day also drew on, having been in the tomb exactly three days and three nights, or seventy-two hours. The four gospels, therefore, are in complete harmony on the question of the three days and three nights, and Mark and Luke are in perfect accord as to when the spiceswere bought.
simple order. Jesus was crucified on Passover day (the 14th of Abib) and was buried as the “high day” sabbath (the 15th of Abib) “drew on”. (See John 19:31 and John 19:14 and 42, and Luke 23:50-54). When that high day “sabbath was past” the women bought and prepared the spices. (Compare Mark 16:1 with Luke 23:56, first clause).
Thus, the spices were boughton the 16th of Abib. This was followed
by the 17th of Abib, which was "the sabbath day according to the commandment," on which the women
rested.
"In the end of" this, the two Marys came to see the sepulchre and found that Jesus had risen. (Compare Luke 23:56, last clause, with Matthew 28:1-6.) Therefore, as the 17th of Abib was "the sabbath day according to the commandment", now called Saturday; the 16th of Abib (when the spices were bought) was Friday; the 15th of Abib (the high day sabbath) was Thursday; and the 14th of Abib (Passover day) was Wednesday.
Jesus,therefore, was buried in the end of Wednesday, as Thursday, the "high day" sabbath drew on, and rose in the end of Saturday, the 7th day, as the first day also drew on, having been in the tomb exactly three days and three nights, or seventy-two hours. The four gospels, therefore, are in complete harmony on the question of the three days and three nights, and Mark and Luke are in perfect accord as to when the spiceswere bought.
A few remarks are now necessary with reference to the word “dawn” found in Matthew 28:1. It says, "In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn Sabbath ends at sunset (“even,” Leviticus 23:32), but "dawn" here is near sunrise man say --just the very opposite. An average period of twelve hours forever separates them.
Furthermore, the phrase, “In the end... as it began” will not permit any period intervening, much less twelve hours. There is also something further to notice: "as it began to dawn toward the first day", is clear evidence that the first day had not even commenced. “Toward” a day is not “on” it. What shall we do with it then? Just this: substitute the words “drew on,” or “approached,” for the word “dawn” as the same Greek word (epiphoskouse) is translated in Luke 23:54, and you get not only sense, but harmony, for, as the end of the Sabbath approaches, the first day of the week naturally “draws on.”
Furthermore, the phrase, “In the end... as it began” will not permit any period intervening, much less twelve hours. There is also something further to notice: "as it began to dawn toward the first day", is clear evidence that the first day had not even commenced. “Toward” a day is not “on” it. What shall we do with it then? Just this: substitute the words “drew on,” or “approached,” for the word “dawn” as the same Greek word (epiphoskouse) is translated in Luke 23:54, and you get not only sense, but harmony, for, as the end of the Sabbath approaches, the first day of the week naturally “draws on.”
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It is the 8th day that we who are in Christ now do the works of Spirit. The day of new beginnings which 8 signifies. The flesh or the nature of man is circumcised, rendered weak, and dying...that we might live according to the Kingdom of Heaven, and bring it down to this earth.
Pentecost, our own individual pentecost is the beginning of this new day. The new creation man...the One Man or the body of Christ...obeying the Head. Doing what He says, and seeing what He sees. Visionaries!
Pentecost, our own individual pentecost is the beginning of this new day. The new creation man...the One Man or the body of Christ...obeying the Head. Doing what He says, and seeing what He sees. Visionaries!
I do believe the two sticks will come together. But, we do not compromise the finished work for law. Laws only control. It is Spirit now that is our control within....We love God because He first loved us. His all consuming fire we long for, for it consumes what is of man....the lower nature...that we might be filled with the fulness of God.
Laws only tell man what we must do. Controls the outer man. Spirit crucifes that outer man, and changes the nature of men. It is the only way to be truly like Him. Which was always the plan of God to do. And satan hates us because what he tried to get by force....God gives us freely.
Laws only tell man what we must do. Controls the outer man. Spirit crucifes that outer man, and changes the nature of men. It is the only way to be truly like Him. Which was always the plan of God to do. And satan hates us because what he tried to get by force....God gives us freely.