Watchman

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

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Pastor Gary

Watchman - Christ was Crucified on the first day of Passover that year. This is documented in Matthew 27:15-26 (KJV). In that year on the Hebrew Calendar, the first day of Passover was what we now call Wednesday. The Hebrew 'day' started at sundown and extended to the next sundown. If anyone is fortunate enought to own a Companion Bible, you can refer to Appedix number 179 under the Sub-Paragraph I "- Parallel Datings of the Times of our Lord. " < (click for link)

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Jasher

I think the primary factor is that the scripture plainly states that he was crucified on the day of preparation (Friday the 15th). Preparation for the Sabbath that is - not the Passover. It was a capital offense to work on the Sabbath, so all the work had to be done the day before - preparation!

Mark 15:42 (KJV)
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Luke 23:54 (KJV)
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

John 19:31 (KJV)
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.

The body had to be taken down from the cross before Sundown - which was the beginning of Saturday or the Sabbath. The day of crucifixion (Friday the 15th) was counted as the first day of the three; Saturday was also a full day, and Sunday was rounded up as a full day. Their time measurment was rather course, so I wouldn't want to get too hyper-literal about the three days. Technically, the translators should have said - "He was in the tomb one full day, four watches, and six hours." Rounding up to three days makes it simple.

The first Passover happened on the selfsame day of April 14th 1462 BC, the next day Moses left Egypt with 600,000 footmen and families. The same day as the Lord led the slaves of sin out of bondage. Wonderful parallel.

Larry

smellycat

the old testament shows you Jesus,JESUS IS SHOWN AS THE BREAD OF LIFE.God shows all of us his son,ready to overcome the world.

smellycat

why Good friday?shouldn,t it be evil friday when they killed our Lord,and Good monday where he defeated death and showed us the light.?seems to be some funny sayings.

J. Damascene

Actually, the superstitions surrounding Friday the 13th stem from that idea. However, can you think of any Friday throughout the year that better deserves the title "Good"? It is not Satan's victory on this coming friday, but God's victory.

smellycat

i understand that,just seems weird wording.

J. Damascene

By looking at Genesis, we can see that humanity was created on a Friday.

Jesus' work of salvation was completed on a Friday.

freedom07

We will probably research and discuss this topic until we are face to face with our Savior. Interpration differs from person to person so lets's just let God's Word speak for itself.
I will share this with you. Some may agree some may disagree, I am just sharing so take from it what you will.
Just remember Yeshua gave His life for all of us no matter what day it was, but the most important day was the day He ROSE. What day was it?
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Romans 6:4
4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

smellycat

so lets get this straight,cruxified thurs,died fri,raised again monday.so in this case saturday was the sabbath.?