![]() ![]() So where do we get another night and two days to equal the three days and three nights Jesus said He would be in the tomb? Saturday night to Sunday daybreak is another night, giving us two nights and one day. The Gospels are clear that Jesus died and His body was hurriedly placed in the tomb late in the afternoon, just before sundown when a Sabbath began (John 19:30-42).īy the traditional " Good Friday–Easter Sunday" timing, from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown is one night and one day. This was the only sign Jesus gave that He was the promised Messiah: "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" (emphasis added throughout). "But He answered and said to them, 'An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah'" (verse 39). The scribes and Pharisees were demanding a miraculous sign from Him to prove that He was indeed the long-awaited Messiah. ![]() The context in which Jesus Christ said these words is important. The key to understanding the timing of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection lies in understanding God's timetable for counting when days begin and end, as well as the timing of His biblical festivals during the spring of the year when these events took place. How long did Jesus say He would be in the grave? "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" (Matthew 12:40). Yet when we compare this to what Jesus Himself said about how long He would be entombed, we find a major contradiction. ![]() About one billion Protestants and another billion Catholics believe that Jesus Christ was crucified and entombed on a Friday afternoon-"Good Friday"-and raised to life again at daybreak on Easter Sunday morning, a day and a half later. ![]()
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