Resurrection Day

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A very popular theory alleges that Christ's crucified body was restored to life
sometime between sunset Saturday afternoon and sunrise Sunday morning.

However; according to the passages listed below; Christ's crucified body was
restored to life on the third day rather than during the third night, so it just
won't do to insist he recovered before sunrise Sunday morning.

Matt 17:22-23
Mark 9:31
Luke 9:22
Luke 24:46
Acts 10:40
1Cor 15:4

Seeing as how that's the case, then translations whose wording suggests
that the women arrived at the cemetery prior to sunrise have to be
understood to indicate their travel to the cemetery instead of their arrival.
For example Matt 28:1

"In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the
week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher."

The Greek word translated "came" is horribly ambiguous. It can not only
mean came, but also went. Here's the same verse from another translation.

"After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary went to look at the tomb."

Seeing as how the preponderance of evidence testifies that Jesus rose on the
third day rather than during the third night, then I must accept, in this case
at least, that "went" is the appropriate translation of the Greek word
erchomai.

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A very popular theory alleges that Christ's crucified body was restored to life
sometime between sunset Saturday afternoon and sunrise Sunday morning.

However; according to the passages listed below; Christ's crucified body was
restored to life on the third day rather than during the third night, so it just
won't do to insist he recovered before sunrise Sunday morning.

Matt 17:22-23
Mark 9:31
Luke 9:22
Luke 24:46
Acts 10:40
1Cor 15:4

Seeing as how that's the case, then translations whose wording suggests
that the women arrived at the cemetery prior to sunrise have to be
understood to indicate their travel to the cemetery instead of their arrival.
For example Matt 28:1

"In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the
week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher."

The Greek word translated "came" is horribly ambiguous. It can not only
mean came, but also went. Here's the same verse from another translation.

"After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary went to look at the tomb."

Seeing as how the preponderance of evidence testifies that Jesus rose on the
third day rather than during the third night, then I must accept, in this case
at least, that "went" is the appropriate translation of the Greek word
erchomai.

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A Biblical Day starts at sundown and ends at sundown..

So the dawn of the day is the start of the day and thus the dawn of the first day was at Saturday sundown...

You will often hear the expressions like the dawn of time or the dawn of the industrial age or the dawn of the space age. Where the word dawn is used simply to indicate the start of something and is in no way talking about the time that the sun rises on the horizon..

 

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A very popular theory alleges that Christ's crucified body was restored to life
sometime between sunset Saturday afternoon and sunrise Sunday morning.

However; according to the passages listed below; Christ's crucified body was
restored to life on the third day rather than during the third night, so it just
won't do to insist he recovered before sunrise Sunday morning.

Matt 17:22-23
Mark 9:31
Luke 9:22
Luke 24:46
Acts 10:40
1Cor 15:4

Seeing as how that's the case, then translations whose wording suggests
that the women arrived at the cemetery prior to sunrise have to be
understood to indicate their travel to the cemetery instead of their arrival.
For example Matt 28:1

"In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the
week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher."

The Greek word translated "came" is horribly ambiguous. It can not only
mean came, but also went. Here's the same verse from another translation.

"After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary went to look at the tomb."

Seeing as how the preponderance of evidence testifies that Jesus rose on the
third day rather than during the third night, then I must accept, in this case
at least, that "went" is the appropriate translation of the Greek word
erchomai.

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Why would they go to look in the tomb if it was sealed?

60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
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.
Matthew 27

And, behold, 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

3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
Mark 16

1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
Luke 24:1-4

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
John 20:1

Why did none of the disciples believe that Jesus was risen when they were told?
10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Luke 24

 

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A Biblical Day starts at sundown and ends at sundown..

So the dawn of the day is the start of the day and thus the dawn of the first day was at Saturday sundown...

You will often hear the expressions like the dawn of time or the dawn of the industrial age or the dawn of the space age. Where the word dawn is used simply to indicate the start of something and is in no way talking about the time that the sun rises on the horizon..

Are there not 12 hours in a day? John 11:9

And the evening (sunset) and the morning (sunrise) were the first day. Genesis 1:5

 

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A Biblical Day starts at sundown and ends at sundown.

Unfortunately, biblical days are somewhat ambiguous.

For example according to Gen 1:4-5, God decreed that night and day be
kept distinctly separate and be called by their own names in order to clearly
distinguish between the two conditions. And according to Gen 1:14-18, He
decreed that day is when the sun is up, and night is when the sun is down.

But then at Gen 2:5, the entire creation endeavor is labeled day.

I recommend we narrow the meaning of day down to just one relative to
crucifixion week by falling in line with Jesus Christ. Who, than he, is better
qualified to tell us how to understand a day as it was understood during the
years when he himself was living in Israel?

● John 11:9 . . Jesus answered: are there not twelve hours in the day? A
man who walks by day will not stumble, for he sees by this world's light.

This world's daylight is of course provided by the sun as per Gen 1:14-18.

Days divided into twelve equal periods of sunlight were regulated by what's
known as temporal hours; which vary in length in accordance with the time
of year. There are times of the year at Jerusalem's latitude when days on
earth consist of less than 12 normal hours of daylight, and sometimes more;
but when Jesus was here; the official number of hours was always twelve
regardless.

I don't exactly know why the Jews of that era divided their days into twelve
equal periods of sunlight regardless of the seasons, but I suspect it was just
a convenient way to operate the government and conduct civil affairs;
including the Temple's activities (e.g. the daily morning and evening
sacrifices)

In order to avoid confusion; I highly recommend working with the 12-hour
day that Jesus Christ gave us in his statement at John 11:9, i.e. let Day be
daytime and let Night be nighttime; viz: the three days and three nights of
Jonah 1:17, Matt 12:40, John 2:19-22 indicate three times when the sun
was up, and three times when the sun was down.

NOTE: Even little children know the difference between night and day;
especially those afraid of the dark, and they know that night begins when
the sun goes down and day begins with the sun comes up. When a supposed
adult can't even understand things as elementary as those, then I have to
seriously question their understanding of things that are beyond a child's
ability to grasp.

● Matt 11:25-26 . . Jesus said: I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and
revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.

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