Madworld. I believe your are mistaken about Christ being Crucified on a Wednesday. I don't believe that the Bible supports that..... Here are several passages that will bear this out... But I encourage you to not just read what I have posted.. Open the Word, read, and confirm it for yourself.
I have provided
6 examples from all four gospels which , when you look at all accounts, show that Christ was crucified on Friday.. and in 3 days rose again (Sunday)...
First: Mathew 27: <SUP class=versenum>62 " </SUP>On the next day,
which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate, <SUP class=versenum>63 </SUP>saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘
After three days I will rise.’ <SUP class=versenum>64 </SUP>Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day..."
They are talking about "preparation day".. "preparation day " is Friday..That is the day you do all your "preparation" for the Sabbath since there are things that are not done during Sabbath... Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday and runs to sunset on Saturday. We know from Genesis that Sabbath was the 7th day. I posted the 4th commandment in a prior post so you can confirm that there.
Second: From a
different gospel account..
Luke 23 " <SUP class=versenum>52 </SUP>This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. <SUP class=versenum>53 </SUP>Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb
that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had ever lain before. <SUP class=versenum>54 </SUP>
That day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near."
..This again confirms Christ was killed on preparation day which is Friday, prior to the beginning of Sabbath
THREE ... Luke 23..."<SUP class=versenum>55 </SUP>And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. <SUP class=versenum>56 </SUP>
Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment."
continuing in Luke.. :" Now on
the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain
other women with them,<SUP class=footnote data-link='[
a]' data-fn="#fen-NKJV-25993a">[
a]</SUP> came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. <SUP class=versenum>2 </SUP>But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. <SUP class=versenum>3 </SUP>Then they went in and
did not find the body of the Lord Jesus."
So ressurection day is Sunday.. Killed Friday, Rested in the tomb on Sabbath day, Resurrected on Sunday.
FOUR...OK we are now in the 3rd different Gospel account: Book of
Mark 15th chapter " <SUP class=versenum>42 </SUP>Now when evening had come, because it was the
Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, <SUP class=versenum>43 </SUP>Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage,
went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Again shows he was killed in the afternoon on preparation day.. if you look earlier in the chapter it talks about him being killed on the 3rd hour
FIVE Continuing in the Gospel of
Mark "
Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary
the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. <SUP class=versenum>2 </SUP>
Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. <SUP class=versenum>3 </SUP>And they said among themselves, “Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?”.......Now when
He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons
Again confirms Sunday..the day after Sabbath was the day of the resurrection..
SIX.. ok now 4th different gospel account.. Book of John. I hope this clinches it for you
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Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and
that they might be taken away. <SUP>3..................</SUP>
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. <SUP>
2 </SUP>Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”
So I have provided texts from all 4 gospels which show he was killed on preparation day..which would be Friday; and rose the day after Sabbath.. Sunday the first day of the week.. Ask any Jew or Sabbath keeper they will confirm what preparation day is.. Friday .. I'm sure you can google it and confirm it in a multitude of sources. ... which means he rose on the first day of the week...Sunday.
This also supports what I was saying to Fatkid..the Bible interprets itself.. I did not choose just one text.. but use all 4 gospel stories to confirm what then appears to be a clear pattern... I think the verse in Mark is the most compelling as it declared preparation day as the day before the Sabbath and then confirms he was risen on the first day.
** If for some reason I am mistaken and it's entirely possible..I'm no theologean.. just a layperson tring find his way.. I don't believe my salvation is dependent on the day.. but that he died for my sins and I am saved by faith, in Him and his shed blood and by His grace. Just trying to follow the light I am given...but all 4 gospels seem to say the same thing clearly to me.
