Christians, serious question regarding "three days."?

Jewish time keeping counted even part of a day as a full day so Fri, Sat, & Sun is three days (including the night).

Source

Harold Hoehner, Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1977); and Jack Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1964).

Pg. 66

The Jewish reckoning of time is found in the Jewish Talmud and the Babylonian Jerusalem Talmud (the commentaries of the Jews), said any part, an “onan”, any part of the day is considered a full day. On Friday before six o'clock by Jewish reckoning, any minute was considered one day and one night. From Friday night at six o'clock to Saturday at six o'clock, was another day and another night. From Saturday night to Sunday was a third day. Thus, Jesus was in the grave part of Friday (a whole “natural day”), through all of Saturday (the second day), and from Saturday at sunset a part of Sunday (the third day). Thus, it is likely that the part of the day (Friday) on which Jesus was crucified, the entire day He was in the grave (Saturday), and the part of the day on which He rose again (Sunday), estimated as entire days. The concept of three days would be an idiom, not necessarily meaning 3 full 24- hour periods.

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If we rememer the phrase "three days and three nights" is an expression of the disciples’ culture, rather than scientific exactness, then we should have no problem with understanding Matthew 12:40. The "sign" that Jesus gave was not the length of time that he would be in the tomb, but it was the fact that he would die, be buried and be raised to life. We need not be concerned about the exact time Jesus was in the tomb, for our salvation does not depend on that. What is important is that Jesus died and was resurrected to become our Savior (2 Corinthians 15:3-4).

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God's day begins in the evening.

From Genesis it states( the evening and the morning was the first day and so forth)

Jesus was placed in the tomb on the evening of the 14th of Nisan, the evening after the true passover on the evening of the 13th a tuesday. Jesus was placed in the tomb on a wednesday evening. The Jews celebrated passover on the evening of the 14th and wanted Jesus body down and in the tomb , so they could celebrate passover. The day after the true passover on the evening of the 13th a tuesday.

If you truly are interested and want answers please watch this video

http://www.waytozion.org/video/stream/timeline/tim...

Blessings to you

a friend

in Christ Jesus

Yes the 3 days is a stretch. Good thing he did not punch a time clock. He would have been thrown out of the union.

The introduction in the Jerusalem bible says that the purpose of Johah is to amuse and instruct. There are no non biblical references to verify a mass conversion at that time or place. Jesus' resurrection makes the Jonah story meaningful not vice versa.

Another passage says that "break down this temple and I will raise it again on the 3rd day. In this one He does not refer to 3 complete 24 hour periods but rather , a couple hours of the first day, the whole second day and an hour or so of the 3rd day

I don't think there is a correct answer on this one. The interpretation of the bible has days will always be destination. As you know, there are those who believe the Sabbath is on Saturday, while others believe the Sabbath is on a Sunday.

You are correct. The only real assumption one can have is that the writers of the gospels knew this when they wrote it and had no problem with it. As we say in these days, "if I told you once, I told you a thousand times". The ancients did not get caught up in numbers such as forty days and forty nights, it was true to them and they found no need to be numerically correct.

The passages do not match up at all. If you think they are supposed to, then you've got problems. But considering how you say you are a Christian, it appears these contradictions will not bother you, just as a total lack of real evidence for gods does not bother you.

Buried on Friday, rose on Sunday

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Three days.