Christ's Resurrection

[Odë:hgöd]

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• Matt 12:40 . . As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge
fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
(Jonah 1:17)

A handy fact to know about Christ's resurrection is that a preponderance of textual
evidence indicates that his crucified dead body was restored to life during the third
day rather than after the third day was completely over and done with.

• Matt 16:21 . . From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he
must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief
priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be
raised to life.

• Matt 20:17-19 . . Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve
disciples aside and said to them: We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man
will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn
him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and
crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life.

• Matt 17:22-23 . . And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to
them: The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men; and they will
kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.

• Mark 9:31 . . For he taught his disciples, and said unto them: The Son of man is
delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed,
he shall rise the third day.

• Luke 9:22 . . And he said: The Son of Man must suffer many things and be
rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed
and on the third day be roused.

• Luke 18:31-33 . . Jesus took the twelve aside and told them: We are going up to
Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will
be fulfilled. He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him,
spit on him, flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.

• Luke 24:1-8 . . On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the
women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the
stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body
of the Lord Jesus.

. . .While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that
gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down
with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them: Why do you look for the
living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you,
while he was still with you in Galilee: "The Son of Man must be delivered into the
hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again." Then they
remembered his words.

• Luke 24:12-21 . . Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he
saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to
himself what had happened. Now that same day two of them were going to a
village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with
each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these
things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but
they were kept from recognizing him.

. . . He asked them: What are you discussing together as you walk along? They
stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him: Are you
only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in
these days? What things? he asked.

. . . About Jesus of Nazareth; they replied. He was a prophet, powerful in word and
deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him
over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he
was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day
since all this took place.

• Luke 24:41-46 . . And while they still could not believe it for joy and were
marveling, he said to them : Have you anything here to eat? And they gave him a
piece of a broiled fish; and he took it and ate it before them. Now he said to them :
These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things
which are written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms
must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and he
said to them : Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from
the dead the third day

• Acts 10:39-41 . . And we are witnesses of all the things He did both in the land of
the Jews and in Jerusalem. And they also put him to death by hanging him on a
cross. God raised him up on the third day

• 1Cor 15:4 . . He rose again the third day
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[Lamb]

A handy fact to know about Christ's resurrection is that a preponderance of textual
evidence indicates that his crucified dead body was restored to life during the third
day rather than after the third day was completely over and done with.


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Well, yeah, it's in the Nicene creed so I don't know who would say that it's after the third day:

And He rose on the third day, according to the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father;

 

[Odë:hgöd]

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The Jews' religious calendar is reckoned from sundown to sundown instead of
midnight to midnight. For example: Passover (a.k.a. the feast of Unleavened Bread)
begins this year at sundown Friday, the 15th of April.

Seeing as how the women mentioned in Luke 24:1-8 went out to the cemetery on
the first day of the week-- which is the day following routine sabbaths --then we
may safely deduce that their journey took place during the early morning hours of
what would've been a Sunday back then.

That being the case, then the three days and three nights predicted by Matt 12:40
would've run from Thursday sundown to Friday sundown, then from Friday sundown
to Saturday sundown, and then from Saturday sundown to Sunday sundown.

Thus it's easily sleuthed that Christ died by crucifixion on what would've been a
Thursday afternoon back then rather than a Friday afternoon.
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[Fritz Kobus]

What is "the heart of the earth." Many assume the tomb, but is it?

"Jerusalem was considered the “heart of the earth": “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her’” (Ezek. 5:5). Later in Ezekiel, Jerusalem is said to be “the navel of the world” (Ezek. 38:12)."
Was Jesus in the Grave for "Three Days and Three Nights"? - The American Vision

"From the time of His being “delivered up” on Thursday evening in Gethsemene to the day He “will be raised” constitutes “three days and three nights” in the “heart of the land,” that is, in Jerusalem. The Greek word gas can mean either “land” or “earth.” "
Was Jesus Buried for Three Days and Three Nights? - The American Vision

 

[Odë:hgöd]

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BTW: I highly recommend that we avoid Nisan dating for the simple reason that the
Jews' religious calendar was running late that year; which is easily seen by the fact
that Jesus dined on his Passover lamb before the Jews ate theirs. He being a prophet
in direct contact with God would know the correct moment, whereas the Jews'
methods are vulnerable to human error.

Also; that particular week-end had two sabbaths to reckon with: one was the
routine sabbath, and the other was the Passover sabbath which is a floating
sabbath that coincides with the first night of the feast of Unleavened Bread. The
two sabbaths were in such close proximity that particular year that it's common for
the Passover sabbath to be overlooked and/or mistaken for the routine sabbath.
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[Odë:hgöd]

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Were I the Devil, I would do my utmost to question the resurrection of Jesus
Christ's crucified dead body because his crucifixion is only half enough to protect
people from the wrath of God. Though his physical body's death obtains forgiveness
for people's sins, its death doesn't gain them exoneration.

• Rom 4:25 . . He was delivered up for the sake of our trespasses, and was raised
up for the sake of declaring us righteous.

The Greek word translated "righteous" is dikaiosis (dik-ah'-yo-sis) which means
acquittal; defined as an adjudication of innocence.

People merely forgiven still carry a load of guilt; viz: they have a criminal record.
The resurrection of Christ's crucified dead body deletes their record so that on the
books, it's as though they've never been anything but 100% innocent.

This clearing of one's guilt that I'm talking about is obtained via the kindness and
generosity of God through belief in the resurrection of Christ's crucified dead body.
If the Devil can succeed in convincing people that Jesus' crucified body is still dead
or, even better yet, make them question whether the man even existed at all; then
they will fail to obtain an acquittal, and consequently end up put to death in
brimstone because records are to be reviewed when people stand to face justice at
the event depicted at Rev 20:11-15.
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[Odë:hgöd]

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Although Rom 10:9 requires folks believe Jesus' crucified dead body was restored
to life, I don't think it's required that they believe everything there is to know about
it.

Take for example the Jehovah's Witnesses. They insist that Jesus' crucified body is
still dead and its remains squirreled away on earth in a condition, and a location,
known only to God. So even if their take on dikaiosis were to be 100% correct,
they'll still end up on the wrong side of the afterlife.
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[Albion]

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The Jews' religious calendar is reckoned from sundown to sundown instead of
midnight to midnight. For example: Passover (a.k.a. the feast of Unleavened Bread)
begins this year at sundown Friday, the 15th of April.

Seeing as how the women mentioned in Luke 24:1-8 went out to the cemetery on
the first day of the week-- which is the day following routine sabbaths --then we
may safely deduce that their journey took place during the early morning hours of
what would've been a Sunday back then.

That being the case, then the three days and three nights predicted by Matt 12:40
would've run from Thursday sundown to Friday sundown, then from Friday sundown
to Saturday sundown, and then from Saturday sundown to Sunday sundown.

Thus it's easily sleuthed that Christ died by crucifixion on what would've been a
Thursday afternoon back then rather than a Friday afternoon.
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Not unless entire days, counted as we count days ourselves, were necessary. All that you've presented suggests that this isn't the case, meaning in turn that Friday afternoon to Sunday morning involves three days which is in agreement with the scriptures.

• Luke 24:1-8, 12-21 . . "The Son of Man must be delivered into the
hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again." Then they
remembered his words.

. . . About Jesus of Nazareth; they replied. He was a prophet, powerful in word and
deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him
over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he
was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day
since all this took place.

• Luke 24:41-46 . . And while they still could not believe it for joy and were
marveling, he said to them : Have you anything here to eat? And they gave him a
piece of a broiled fish; and he took it and ate it before them. Now he said to them :
These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things
which are written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms
must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and he
said to them : Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from
the dead the third day

• Acts 10:41 . . God raised him up on the third day

• 1Cor 15:4 . . He rose again the third day

 

[Josiah]

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Traditionally...

Jesus died on a Friday, before sundown so still Friday (DAY ONE)
Jesus was in the tome on Saturday (DAY TWO)
Jesus rose sometime on Sunday (DAY THREE)

ONE... TWO... THREE. Ain't rocket science.

Now, IF the Bible said, "Jesus rose 72 hours after His death" then we'd have a problem, but it doesn't say that, does it?



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[Odë:hgöd]

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Jesus died on a Friday, before sundown so still Friday (DAY ONE)
Jesus was in the tome on Saturday (DAY TWO)
Jesus rose sometime on Sunday (DAY THREE)

Well; you've managed to account for three days, now all you have to do is account
for three nights.

• Jonah 1:17 . . Now The Lord had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And
[the prophet] was inside the fish for . . . three nights.

• Matt 12:40 . . As Jonah was . . three nights in the belly of a huge
fish, so the Son of Man will be . . three nights in the heart of the earth.
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[Odë:hgöd]

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"From the time of His being “delivered up” on Thursday evening in Gethsemene to
the day He “will be raised” constitutes “three days and three nights” in the “heart of
the land,” that is, in Jerusalem.

Jesus was crucified outside city limits.

• John 19:20 . . the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,

• Heb 13:11-14 . . Jesus . . . suffered outside the gate. Hence, let us go out to him
outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we do not have a lasting city, but
we are seeking the city which is to come.


And as the cemetery was close by, it's reasonable to believe that it too was outside
city limits.

• John 19:41-42 . . Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden;
and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been laid. Therefore on
account of the Jewish day of preparation, because the tomb was nearby, they laid
Jesus there.
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[Fritz Kobus]

I don't know, but "heart of the land" may very well have pertained to Jerusalem and environs. That is the heartland was bigger than the town. And do we know the city limits coincide exactly with the wall, maybe the environs were also considered part of Jerusalem in the broader sense.

 

[rstrats]

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Now, IF the Bible said, "Jesus rose 72 hours after His death" then we'd have a problem, but it doesn't say that, does it?



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No it doesn't, but as it has been pointed out He did say that 3 night times would be involved.

Ooops, sorry, I just realized this a Christian only area.

 

[shilohsfoal]

I had always felt it was the 3rd day. I expect the body of Christ to be risen the 3rd day as well or after 2000 years. If my math is right, that would be 6000 years since Adam. Anyways, it would be close.
Luke 13:32
He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’

I like riddles.