He was buried just before sunset on Wednesday. Just before the annual Sabbath,
the High Day, known as the First Day of Unleavened Bread. The Passover itself is not
a Sabbath. It is even called the preparation day for the High Day (John 19:31).
-Wednesday 14 th passover day<---- Buried just before sunset,
tomb sealed marks clock [in the earth] , [between] dusk and dark[at twilite]
-Thursday 15 th<---- First day of Unleavened Bread
this was the night to be most remembered, new test. and old test.
-Friday 16 th <---- Preparation day for the weekly Sabbath
Mary Magdalene and her companions bought spices “when the sabbath was past,
the sabbath here is the first high day of unlevened bread
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they prepared these spices and then rested on the weekly Sabbath day[next day]
-Saturday 17th <---- Resurrection just as Sabbath ended.
[between] dusk and dark he arrose,
exactually [between] the days, makes 3 days 3 nights, if Gods word is to stand.
This is exactly 72 hour just as Christ said it would be (Mat 12:39-40)
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“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 sepulchre” (Matthew 28:1).
The King James, along with just about every other Bible version, translates
the first part of this verse, “In the end of the sabbath” or “after the sabbath.”
But if you study the Greek text, you learn that the word for sabbath is
actually plural! “After the sabbaths,” it should read.
Jesus crucified on a Wednesday afternoon and buried later that evening,
before sunset. The next day, Thursday, was an annual sabbath. The day
after that, was preparation day for the regular weekly Sabbath.
The reason Matthew refers to sabbaths, plural, is because there were
two sabbaths that week! When Matthew says Mary came early Sunday morning,
before dawn, after one of the sabbaths, he is referring to the weekly Sabbath.
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There is one more sequence of events that provides additional support for
the 72-hour time frame and the fact that there were two “sabbaths” this week.
Mark 16:1 says Mary Magdalene and her companions bought spices
“when the sabbath was past.” They were planning to prepare these
ointments and spices so that they might anoint the body of Jesus.
Yet Luke 23:56 says they prepared these spices and then rested on
the weekly Sabbath day. Compare these two texts carefully.
Christ inspired four different Gospel accounts to be written so that all the
important details of His life might be canonized. Mark said these women
bought the spices after the sabbath was past. Luke said they prepared
the spices before the Sabbath arrived. Mark 16:1-Luke 23:56
Those who hold to the Good Friday-Easter belief must conclude that these
verses are a glaring contradiction. They are not! They complement each
other perfectly, if you understand that there were two sabbaths that week.