Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: edc!fraser@uunet.uu.net (Fraser Orr) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Day Jesus Christ Died (was Re: the Sabbath) Message-ID: Date: 30 May 91 04:32:24 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Atex European Development Centre Lines: 41 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , hudson@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul Hudson Jr) writes: |> This would put Jesus in the tomb for four days. Paul says in I |> Corinthians 15 that Jesus rose the 3rd day. If the above were the |> case, ehn Jesus would have risen on the fourth day. I had hoped my chart made this point abundantly clear, obviously not so let me reiterate. The scripture in question says: 1Cor15:4 ... and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. If he was buried on Wednesday, then Thursday is the first day, Friday the second day, and Saturday the third day. An honest examination of the evidence would lead you to the conclusion that he did not rise on Sunday morning, but some time before, and Saturday evening would seem a good time. |> Also, we have the problem of Jesus fulfilling the Passover on the |> correct day of the week. Would Jesus have had it on the wrong day? |> the rabbis made a concesion to have two passovers because of the all |> of the travelers. |> I think the correct Passover comes one day before the other Passover. |> We also have to look into this. Notice that the women rested |> according to the commandment ("rested the sabbath day.) I think this |> refers to a command of God, and not just a men-made command. If I understand you right when you say "fulfilling the passover" you mean eating the passover meal. I do not see why Jesus had to eat that passover to fulfill the law. In fact if Jesus was the lamb that year then he had to be sacrificed on the day of preperation, the day before the passover was eaten. You are very observant to note that the women rested that Sabbath. This can be a little confusing until you realise that the weekly Sabbath was not negated during the passover time, and the women rested on the weekly Sabbath, Saturday, the day on which God raised the Lord from the dead. God Bless, ==Fraser Orr +44 506 416778x206 UseNet: {uunet,sun}!atexnet!fraser JANet: fraser%edc@cs.hw.ac.uk