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Old 03-20-2008, 01:45 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Watchman View Post
If Jesus spent three days in the tomb, and the bible states he rose on the first day of the week, it should be a Good Thursday rather than Friday.

Exodus 12 gives us insight into the Jewish Passover.

"1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 "This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb [a] for his family, one for each household.

It goes on to say, about the Lambs

"6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs."

The Passover parallels directly what Jesus, the Lamb of God went through as he entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.

He entered Jerusalem on Sunday, for 4 days they were given time to study/take care of him, he then was crucified and killed by twilight. He was then raised in three days, and was seen Sunday morning by the women.

Praise the Lord
Well, I'm glad you started this thread. Somehow, I overlooked the little comment made by John about the High Sabbath. Thank you Gary. I spent a couple hours on this, but couldn't make the Companion Bible explanation work either. The problem there was that there are numerous passages that state that Jesus and His disciples did indeed eat the Passover not just a last supper.

The scripture gives the day of the week for the resurrection and the day of the month for the Passover. I don't see a connection between the two - to link them together. I suspect that the answer may be found in the Mishna as to how they conducted the passover.

Larry
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