Apologetics - Defending The Faith

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AprilJ

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I had a friend of mine, who is Muslim, ask this question:

"How could it have been three days and three nights between when Jesus died and was resurrected? Any way that you look at it, it was not 3 days plus 3 nights."

I welcome all plausible answers to this question. I KnOw that my Redeemer lives, and in the end, I will see God. But, my friend does not have that reassurance.

Please help me to answer my friend.
 
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AprilJ said:
I had a friend of mine, who is Muslim, ask this question:

"How could it have been three days and three nights between when Jesus died and was resurrected? Any way that you look at it, it was not 3 days plus 3 nights."

I welcome all plausible answers to this question. I KnOw that my Redeemer lives, and in the end, I will see God. But, my friend does not have that reassurance.

Please help me to answer my friend.
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I don't believe a morning would constitute a full day. I think it might've been more a literal 72-hour period.
 
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Kefa54

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I am wondering if the confusion is that a Jewish days started at sun down?

[FONT=ARIAL,HELVETICA,SANS-SERIF]With Christ's definition of time before us, the picture snaps into clear focus. Speaking prophetically of His own death and resurrection, He said, "To day (crucifixion) and to morrow (in tomb), and the third day (resurrection) I shall be perfected" (Luke 13:32). There are all three days in their sequence. Even though He died in the late afternoon, the entire day would be counted as the first day. The second day would span the Sabbath when He slept in the tomb. Even though He was resurrected in the early hours on the third day, inclusive reckoning would make it one of the three days. Thus, Friday, Saturday and Sunday = Three Days!

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AprilJ

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Mar 25, 2014
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Yes, but then how do we understand why Scripture tells us it would be 3 days and 3 nights? I believe the Scriptures are inerrant. So, let's reason and figure this out...

Sp I may answer my friend who does not know Jesus.
 
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faroukfarouk

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AprilJ said:
Yes, but then how do we understand why Scripture tells us it would be 3 days and 3 nights? I believe the Scriptures are inerrant. So, let's reason and figure this out...

Sp I may answer my friend who does not know Jesus.
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It may depends on how the days are calculated. The Jewish day was said to begin at the beginning of the night.

Some have even argued that the Lord Jesus was crucified on a Thursday.
 
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TrustInJesus

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Day and night haven't always been as we know them today. Jewish timekeeping and calendars were not the ones we currently possess.
 
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