The timeline:
Tuesday Night: Jesus ate
the Passover Meal with His Disciples (Matthew 26:30, Mark 14:26). Later
on, Judas betrayed Him in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:45-49,
Mark 14:41-45, Luke 22:47-48, John 18:1-8).
Wednesday: Jesus was
crucified at 9 a.m. or the third hour of the day (Mark 15:25) and
expired at 3 p.m. or the ninth hour of the day (Matthew 27:46-47, Mark
15:34-35). Just before sunset, He was entombed (Matthew 27:57-61, Mark
15:42-47, Luke 23:50-55, John 19:38-42).
Thursday: Pilate gave
the religious leaders authorization to station guards at the Tomb
(Matthew 27:62-66). At sunset, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James,
and Salome bought spices for Jesus’s body (Mark 16:1, Luke 23:56).
Friday Sunset: Biblical Sabbath rest (Luke 23:56).
Saturday: In the
afternoon, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary checked on Jesus’s tomb
(Mark 16:1). Just before sunset, Jesus rose from the dead.
Sunday Morning: The tomb
was already empty when Mary Magdalene and the other women showed up
with the spices (Matthew 28:2-8, Mark 16:2-8, Luke 24:1-12, John
20:1-10).
Just like Jesus prophesied, He spent 3
full days and 3 full nights entombed. From Wednesday afternoon to
Saturday afternoon. 72 hours. 3 days (Wednesday-Thursday,
Thursday-Friday, Friday-Saturday) and 3 Nights (Wednesday Night,
Thursday Night, Friday Night).
“For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, in like manner the Son of man shall be in the heart of the earth.” Matthew 12:40
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