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Did Jesus Die on Friday and Rise on Sunday?
Leviticus 23:9-14 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [10] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: [11] And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. [12] And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord. [13] And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. [14] And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
The feast of Firstfruits occurs on the day after the weekly Sabbath during the week of unleavened bread.
There is no coincidence of this day being the day that Christ arose from the grave.
Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Luke 23:56-24:1 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
[24:1] 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.
John 20:1 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.
Notice please, that the women had bought the spices first and THEN rested on the Sabbath day. This shows us that Jesus was already buried for the weekly Sabbath and that the High Sabbath was the day of Unleavened bread. Thus there was a work day between the Sabbaths where they were able to buy and prepare these spices. They came to the sepulchre very early on Sunday morning only to find that the Lord’s body was not there. Jesus has already risen long before the sun came up. How fitting that this is termed first fruits because:
1 Cor. 15:20-23 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. [21] For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. [22] For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. [23] But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
There is no debate that Christ arose on the first day of the week as the Scriptures say but the question is was it on Sunday? This may sound puzzling but we must remember that a Hebraic day begins at sundown or 6pm not midnight. Thus each western day spans part of two Hebraic days.
Now we know that Jesus died on the day of the true Passover but the Jews at this time had joined Passover and Unleavened bread together into one day taking it on the 15th of the month instead of the 14th as Jesus did with His disciples.
John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
First thing to note is that it was not that they needed to be buried, only that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the high Sabbath, the Feast day of Unleavened Bread. Jesus died at 1500hrs (3pm):
Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?...[37]And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
The Jews wanted to make sure they were all dead and off the crosses before their feast day so wanted their legs broken to expediate their death. (See also Deut. 21:22-23) They had 3 hours to get the bodies off and have them buried. After all these things were done, Joseph of Arimathaea came to get the body of Jesus to bury it in the proper manner of the Jews by winding it in linen. This fact does away with the Turin shroud nonsense.
John 19:38-42 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. [39] And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. [40] Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. [41] Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. [42] There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
In Mark 15:42 we find that it was “even” but still the “day before the Sabbath” when he came and this is echoed in Luke where we are told that it was Joseph himself that took the body of Jesus off the cross.
Luke 23:50-54 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: [51] (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. [52] This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. [53] And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. [54] And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
This brings us to:
Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
This Scripture tells us that Jesus was buried for three days AND three nights. A complete 72 hour period had to pass before Jesus could rise from the dead. Since we know that the first day of the week goes from Saturday 1800hrs to Sunday 1800hrs then we can back up 72 hours to find the day of the crucifixion. If we assume like many do that Jesus rose on Sunday morning at sunrise then we have a burial on Thursday morning which does not measure up unless we add an extra night which would mean adding to the word of God making it three days and FOUR nights. However, the Bible has already told us that:
1. He rose whilst it was yet dark
2. He would be in the grave for ONLY three days and three nights
That means He had to rise shortly after the time of day that He was buried but 3 days later. Thus, since we know He was buried just before sundown, He had to rise shortly after sundown meaning He died on Wednesday and rose on Saturday. This DOES NOT change the fact that He rose on the first day of the week because that begins at 1800hrs Saturday evening. He was buried just before sundown; the beginning of unleavened bread; and rose just after sundown on Firstfruits. Thus the Sunday morning resurrection is not biblical but a remnant from pagan religion.
From here we can then work out the entry to Jerusalem.
Mark 14:1 After two days was the feast of the Passover…
After is important because it required two full days to pass so this backs us back up to Sunday. Jesus tells His disciples this in Matthew 26:2 and that He will be betrayed that day. Now many would be saying well this is palm Sunday but in fact they would be wrong because before this we in verse 20 of Mark chapter 11 the words “And in the morning” then also in verse 12 “And on the morrow” giving us another two days’ worth of events finding that in the beginning of the chapter is the entry to Jerusalem upon the colts back. Thus Jesus entered Jerusalem on the colt on Friday (Mark 11:1-10) then went to stay in Bethany for the night (vs 11). The next day He came back to Jerusalem and overturns the tables (vs 12-15) leaves at evening and the next day comes again and goes into the temple again (vs 27 onwards).
So when we look at the actual events of the Bible concerning the last week of Christ we are shown that from the entry to Jerusalem giving that the title of day one gives us His death on day six and resurrection of day ten. Just by reading the Bible we have eliminated Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday from the Biblical calendar.
What other proof is there?
Well, if we look into Rabbinical Judaism we find that some interesting statements have been made.
"Forty years before the destruction of the Temple, the western light went out, the crimson thread remained crimson, and the lot for the Lord always came up in the left hand. They would close the gates of the Temple by night and get up in the morning and find them wide open" (Yoma 6:3 [33b]).
Some may not realise the significance of this and other statements from the Talmud but I will elaborate. Forty years before the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed the menorah would not stay lit. No matter what precausions the priests made it would always go out. This light represented the presence of the Spirit of God, when it went out it meant that the Spirit was not present. The crimson thread was that attached to the scapegoat that bore the sins of Israel on the Day of Atonement. Every year as the goat was led out of the city the crimson thread would turn to white indicating that the goat that was killed for the sacrifice had been accepted and sins were covered for another year. This also ceased the same year. The same was true for the lot that was cast for the goat that would be offered as the sin offering. The white stone should have come up in the right hand to signal that that particular goat was chosen for the sacrifice but for forty years it could never be chosen so no goat could truly be offered by casting the lot. The final thing mentioned is that the temple gates would be opened during the night. These things all occurred forty years before the destruction in AD70; meaning that the year of these occurrences was AD30. The only thing that would cause these things to be was the fulfilment of the ceremonial law by the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now knowing that the death of Christ was AD30, we can track the lunar cycle to find out the dates of the Passover and see if that indeed was a Tuesday/Wednesday.
Using mathematics we can calculate the lunar conjunctions of the year AD30 and find the date of the first day of the month. The appropriate conjunction would be around 1950hrs Jerusalem time on the 22nd March. We now need to see whether the 14th day of the month (Passover) is on a Tuesday. If the 22nd is the first day then we count forward and we see that indeed, the 14th day is a Tuesday meaning the crucifixion happened on the same Hebraic day but it would be the next day in western dates.
With that information we now can confirm the dates of the Passion Week as follows:
Triumphant entry - Friday 31st March AD30
Passover / Lord’s Supper - Tuesday after 6pm 4th April
Crucifixion - Wednesday 5th April
Death of Christ - Wednesday 5th April 3pm
Resurrection - Saturday 8th April after 6pm
The traditional day of Easter do not measure up with the Bible and neither should they as Easter is NOT from Christianity but a remnant of the Babylon religion that was formed into the Catholic Church of today.
Now Easter is mentioned in the KJV in Acts
Acts 12:1-4 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. [2] And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. [3] And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) [4] And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
Many have used this verse to discredit the fifty some scholarly translators of the KJV saying it should be translated Passover. We must ask first why these men translated the word to read Passover every other time in the KJV except this one. You would think that they would have understood the word having translated it already but yet this one time they use Easter. It seems as though they knew something that other translators did not. Now again this is not the work of one man but many so all had to be in agreement that this was the right word for this yet so many want to say it is a mistake. Well, let us look further. We see that Herod killed James during the time of unleavened bread. We know that days of Unleavened bread begin with Passover feast; then the actual feast of Unleavened bread; and the day after the weekly Sabbath is Firstfruits. Knowing that Passover had already passed the translators only conclusion was that Herod, as the pagan that he was, he would be partaking in the Ishtar festival hence the word Easter is used.
Objections to this usually are put forth with this other verse
Luke 22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
You will notice a difference between the DAYS of Unleavened bread and the FEAST of Unleavened bread. Why is Passover also called Unleavened bread? Because it begins the DAYS of Unleavened bread
Mark 14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
Luke 22:7-8 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. [8] And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
Notice the difference in the wording so we can clearly see that the DAYS of Unleavened bread have to begin with Passover.
Research Easter for yourself and you will discover its true roots.
Many Blessings!
Remember TRUTH not TRADITION!
The feast of Firstfruits occurs on the day after the weekly Sabbath during the week of unleavened bread.
There is no coincidence of this day being the day that Christ arose from the grave.
Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Luke 23:56-24:1 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
[24:1] 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.
John 20:1 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.
Notice please, that the women had bought the spices first and THEN rested on the Sabbath day. This shows us that Jesus was already buried for the weekly Sabbath and that the High Sabbath was the day of Unleavened bread. Thus there was a work day between the Sabbaths where they were able to buy and prepare these spices. They came to the sepulchre very early on Sunday morning only to find that the Lord’s body was not there. Jesus has already risen long before the sun came up. How fitting that this is termed first fruits because:
1 Cor. 15:20-23 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. [21] For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. [22] For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. [23] But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
There is no debate that Christ arose on the first day of the week as the Scriptures say but the question is was it on Sunday? This may sound puzzling but we must remember that a Hebraic day begins at sundown or 6pm not midnight. Thus each western day spans part of two Hebraic days.
Now we know that Jesus died on the day of the true Passover but the Jews at this time had joined Passover and Unleavened bread together into one day taking it on the 15th of the month instead of the 14th as Jesus did with His disciples.
John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
First thing to note is that it was not that they needed to be buried, only that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the high Sabbath, the Feast day of Unleavened Bread. Jesus died at 1500hrs (3pm):
Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?...[37]And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
The Jews wanted to make sure they were all dead and off the crosses before their feast day so wanted their legs broken to expediate their death. (See also Deut. 21:22-23) They had 3 hours to get the bodies off and have them buried. After all these things were done, Joseph of Arimathaea came to get the body of Jesus to bury it in the proper manner of the Jews by winding it in linen. This fact does away with the Turin shroud nonsense.
John 19:38-42 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. [39] And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. [40] Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. [41] Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. [42] There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
In Mark 15:42 we find that it was “even” but still the “day before the Sabbath” when he came and this is echoed in Luke where we are told that it was Joseph himself that took the body of Jesus off the cross.
Luke 23:50-54 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: [51] (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. [52] This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. [53] And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. [54] And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
This brings us to:
Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
This Scripture tells us that Jesus was buried for three days AND three nights. A complete 72 hour period had to pass before Jesus could rise from the dead. Since we know that the first day of the week goes from Saturday 1800hrs to Sunday 1800hrs then we can back up 72 hours to find the day of the crucifixion. If we assume like many do that Jesus rose on Sunday morning at sunrise then we have a burial on Thursday morning which does not measure up unless we add an extra night which would mean adding to the word of God making it three days and FOUR nights. However, the Bible has already told us that:
1. He rose whilst it was yet dark
2. He would be in the grave for ONLY three days and three nights
That means He had to rise shortly after the time of day that He was buried but 3 days later. Thus, since we know He was buried just before sundown, He had to rise shortly after sundown meaning He died on Wednesday and rose on Saturday. This DOES NOT change the fact that He rose on the first day of the week because that begins at 1800hrs Saturday evening. He was buried just before sundown; the beginning of unleavened bread; and rose just after sundown on Firstfruits. Thus the Sunday morning resurrection is not biblical but a remnant from pagan religion.
From here we can then work out the entry to Jerusalem.
Mark 14:1 After two days was the feast of the Passover…
After is important because it required two full days to pass so this backs us back up to Sunday. Jesus tells His disciples this in Matthew 26:2 and that He will be betrayed that day. Now many would be saying well this is palm Sunday but in fact they would be wrong because before this we in verse 20 of Mark chapter 11 the words “And in the morning” then also in verse 12 “And on the morrow” giving us another two days’ worth of events finding that in the beginning of the chapter is the entry to Jerusalem upon the colts back. Thus Jesus entered Jerusalem on the colt on Friday (Mark 11:1-10) then went to stay in Bethany for the night (vs 11). The next day He came back to Jerusalem and overturns the tables (vs 12-15) leaves at evening and the next day comes again and goes into the temple again (vs 27 onwards).
So when we look at the actual events of the Bible concerning the last week of Christ we are shown that from the entry to Jerusalem giving that the title of day one gives us His death on day six and resurrection of day ten. Just by reading the Bible we have eliminated Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday from the Biblical calendar.
What other proof is there?
Well, if we look into Rabbinical Judaism we find that some interesting statements have been made.
"Forty years before the destruction of the Temple, the western light went out, the crimson thread remained crimson, and the lot for the Lord always came up in the left hand. They would close the gates of the Temple by night and get up in the morning and find them wide open" (Yoma 6:3 [33b]).
Some may not realise the significance of this and other statements from the Talmud but I will elaborate. Forty years before the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed the menorah would not stay lit. No matter what precausions the priests made it would always go out. This light represented the presence of the Spirit of God, when it went out it meant that the Spirit was not present. The crimson thread was that attached to the scapegoat that bore the sins of Israel on the Day of Atonement. Every year as the goat was led out of the city the crimson thread would turn to white indicating that the goat that was killed for the sacrifice had been accepted and sins were covered for another year. This also ceased the same year. The same was true for the lot that was cast for the goat that would be offered as the sin offering. The white stone should have come up in the right hand to signal that that particular goat was chosen for the sacrifice but for forty years it could never be chosen so no goat could truly be offered by casting the lot. The final thing mentioned is that the temple gates would be opened during the night. These things all occurred forty years before the destruction in AD70; meaning that the year of these occurrences was AD30. The only thing that would cause these things to be was the fulfilment of the ceremonial law by the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now knowing that the death of Christ was AD30, we can track the lunar cycle to find out the dates of the Passover and see if that indeed was a Tuesday/Wednesday.
Using mathematics we can calculate the lunar conjunctions of the year AD30 and find the date of the first day of the month. The appropriate conjunction would be around 1950hrs Jerusalem time on the 22nd March. We now need to see whether the 14th day of the month (Passover) is on a Tuesday. If the 22nd is the first day then we count forward and we see that indeed, the 14th day is a Tuesday meaning the crucifixion happened on the same Hebraic day but it would be the next day in western dates.
With that information we now can confirm the dates of the Passion Week as follows:
Triumphant entry - Friday 31st March AD30
Passover / Lord’s Supper - Tuesday after 6pm 4th April
Crucifixion - Wednesday 5th April
Death of Christ - Wednesday 5th April 3pm
Resurrection - Saturday 8th April after 6pm
The traditional day of Easter do not measure up with the Bible and neither should they as Easter is NOT from Christianity but a remnant of the Babylon religion that was formed into the Catholic Church of today.
Now Easter is mentioned in the KJV in Acts
Acts 12:1-4 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. [2] And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. [3] And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) [4] And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
Many have used this verse to discredit the fifty some scholarly translators of the KJV saying it should be translated Passover. We must ask first why these men translated the word to read Passover every other time in the KJV except this one. You would think that they would have understood the word having translated it already but yet this one time they use Easter. It seems as though they knew something that other translators did not. Now again this is not the work of one man but many so all had to be in agreement that this was the right word for this yet so many want to say it is a mistake. Well, let us look further. We see that Herod killed James during the time of unleavened bread. We know that days of Unleavened bread begin with Passover feast; then the actual feast of Unleavened bread; and the day after the weekly Sabbath is Firstfruits. Knowing that Passover had already passed the translators only conclusion was that Herod, as the pagan that he was, he would be partaking in the Ishtar festival hence the word Easter is used.
Objections to this usually are put forth with this other verse
Luke 22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
You will notice a difference between the DAYS of Unleavened bread and the FEAST of Unleavened bread. Why is Passover also called Unleavened bread? Because it begins the DAYS of Unleavened bread
Mark 14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
Luke 22:7-8 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. [8] And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
Notice the difference in the wording so we can clearly see that the DAYS of Unleavened bread have to begin with Passover.
Research Easter for yourself and you will discover its true roots.
Many Blessings!
Remember TRUTH not TRADITION!