April 31 AD
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Jesus crucifixion begins around the 3rd hour (9am)
Sun is darkened btw 6th-9th hour (12-3pm)
Jesus dies..somewhere around the ninth hour as per Matt 27:46-50 & Mark 15:34-37 What does verse 31 tell us about the date?
Jesus dies on Preparation day
The next day is a Sabbath
And that particular Sabbath was a high day Sabbath
Which day is this particular preparation day? Passover, the day before the high Sabbath
3. Which women were watching when Jesus dies?
Mat 27:55-56
Mary Magdalene
Mary the mother of James and Joses
mother of the sons of Zebedee.
Mar 15:40-41
Mary Magdalene
Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses
Salome (Zebedee’s wife)
many other women
Luk 23:49 And all his acquaintances, and the women that followed with him from Galilee
Joh 19:25
His mother
his mother's sister
Mary the wife of Clopas
Mary Magdalene
Who takes body?
Mat 27:57-60 a rich man from Arimathæa, named Joseph
Mark 15:42-46 Joseph of Arimathaea
Luke 23:50 Joseph of Arimathaea
John 19 Joseph of Arimathaea & Nicodemus
The only recorded event on the high Sabbath is found in:
Mat 27:62-66
chief priests/Pharisees ask Pilate for guard at tomb until the third day
Don't want disciples to steal body and declare him arisen.
Guards seal tomb
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Friday - Nisan 16 - Preparation Day
Mar 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James (and Clopas wife), and Salome (Zebedee's wife), bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
These ladies were at the tomb on the Passover (Weds) and went home afterwards because it was just about sundown and the beginning of the High Sabbath (Thurs).
What do they do after the High Sabbath is over? They buy spices so they can come and anoint the body.
What day should this be? Friday
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And here's something to think about. If the High Sabbath was Friday, and of course the Saturday Sabbath remained on Saturday, when would the women have purchased the spices??
If we think this day is Sunday, then the women would have had to not only BUY BUT PREPARE the spices and ointment on Sunday morning before they went to the tomb.
And Jesus said “three days and three nights” He had to be in the heart of the earth. So far it's only been:
Weds nite
Thurs day
Thurs nite
Maybe Weds day?
Now we would be tempted to continue on with Mark 16:2 thinking that it would be the next day, but it's not. Which we will see in a minute.
The story picks up in:
Luk 23:56a
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
In this verse, you have the women returning home to prepare the spices and ointment that they just purchased in Mark 16:1, and THEN celebrating the Sabbath.
Without two Sabbaths and a “free” day in the middle to seem to have a CONTRADICTION. You'd have to have two Sabbaths.
Saturday Sabbath - Nisan 17
Luk 23:56b
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
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Sunday - Nisan 18 - First day of week
Mat 28:1 Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
SABBATH G4521 - seventh day of the week, 7 days a week, a single Sabbath day, the institution of the Sabbath
Usage: N-GPN
PART OF SPEECH: Noun
CASE: Genative ("of", "from")
NUMBER: Plural
GENDER: Neuter
Different interpretations:
MAT 28:1 - CLVX
1 Now it is the evening of the sabbaths. At the lighting up into one of the sabbaths came Mary •Magdalene and the other Mary to behold the sepulcher.
Mat 28:1 - YLT
1 And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,
Mat 28:1 - ESV
1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
Sunday - Nisan 18 - At the tomb, at the earliest visit to the tomb READ
Joh 20:1-2 MM @ tomb while it is dark
Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb. 2 She runneth therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved (, and saith unto them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him.”
It's still dark and the stone has already been moved. What does this signify? Jesus has arisen.
Did it take an angel from heaven to roll away the stone? Maybe.
How did it get put in front of the tomb originally?
Mat 27:60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he (Joseph) rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
Did it require and angel to move the stone? No
When does Jesus need to arise? On the first day of the week. Sunday.
Lev 23:10-11 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest: 11 and he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
By the way, Jesus fulfills this and and according to 1 Cor 15:20-23, is the first fruits who was raised from the dead. The first of many..
1Co 15:20 But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.
1Co 15:23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.
When does Sunday begin? After sunset on Sat evening.
So technically, Jesus could have risen anytime after sunset on Sat nite. Right?
In the same vain, did Jesus need to have the stone removed before being released from the tomb? Unsure
Couldn't He just rise through the cave/tomb walls?
If he did need the stone rolled away, where did he go after he came out of the tomb?
And couldn't he just walk through walls as we discover he does during his 40 days on Earth? And at other times he just disappears?
With that in mind, was the open tomb and the earthquake and the angels simply to show those on Earth that Jesus had conquered death? Possible but not Sure
Therefore, it's likely to me that Christ's resurrection took place in between Saturday sunset (after the watch was set on Saturday night) and Sunday sunrise (when the women visited Christ's tomb). It's possible that He simply walked invisibly away (cf. Lk. 24:31; 36; Jn. 20:19, 26). This further explains why the Roman guards were bribed by the Jewish religious leaders into saying, "His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept" (28:13) since throughout the night that they were stationed at Christ's tomb they witnessed nothing out of the ordinary until daybreak when the earthquake occured and the angel rolled away the stone revealing to them that Christ's body had supernaturally disappeared (Mt. 28:2-6).
Luke 24:1-11 Women @ tomb @ early dawn
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Women come unto tomb at early dawn with prepared spices. Why? Didn't they see Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea prepare the body?
Stone is already rolled away.
Women enter and don't find Jesus body
Two men stand by in dazzling apparel
Women afraid and bow down
Angel say “why seek the living among the dead. He is not here but has arisen”
Angels continue, “Remember how he spoke to you while in Galilee, saying that He must be delivered up unto sinful man, crucified and rise again the third day.”
So what may have been the purpose of the angels?
The women remember and report all of this to the eleven and the rest.
This includes Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James (wife of Clopas) and the other women
The disciples do not believe them
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Mat 28:2-10 MM & M @ tomb, EQK and angel
Mary M and other Mary (James mother) at tomb
A great earthquake. Lords angel descended from heaven, rolled away stone and sat on it.
Appearance like lightning and clothes are white as snow
Watchers (guards?) afraid and become as dead
Angel: Fear not, you seek Jesus the crucified one but He isn't here. He is risen. Come and see where He layed.
Go quickly and tell disciples he is risen from dead. You shall see him in Galilee.
They fearfully and joyfully depart to tell the disciples
Jesus meets them saying “Hail”. Mary Magaldene and other Mary take hold of feet and worship him.
Jesus says “Don't be afraid. Tell my brethren to depart for Galilee and they shall see me there”
Mark 16:1-11 MM & M @ tomb after sun rose
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome (who bought spices on Friday) show up to annoint Jesus.
They come to the tomb when the sun was risen.
Wondering who will roll the stone away, when they arrive the stone is already rolled away.
Entering the tomb, a young man (?) is sitting on the right side in a white robe. They are amazed.
“Don't be amazed, Jesus whom you are seek has been crucified and is risen and is not here. Take a look where he was lying”
“Go tell the disciples AND PETER. Jesus is in Galilee, and you will see him there.”
Being afraid, trembling and astonished, the ladies flee the tomb and say nothing.
After rising early on the first day of the week, Jesus appears first to Mary Magdalene.
Mary went and told the disciples as they mourned and wept. They don't believe her.
John 20:3-10 Peter and John run to tomb
Peter and John race to the tomb
John gets there first looks in, sees linens.
When Peter gets to tomb, enters in and sees linens and napkin rolled up.
Then John goes in, sees and believes.
But they don't know scripture that Jesus must rise again.
They go away to their own home.
Luk 24:12 Peter runs to tomb
But Peter arose, and ran unto the tomb
and stooping and looking in, he seeth the linen cloths by themselves
he departed to his home, wondering at that which was come to pass.
John 20:11-18 MM @ tomb again w 2 angels
MM back outside tomb weeping, looks in tomb
She sees two angels in tomb. One at head and other at feet where body was
They say “why are you weeping?” She says “because they have taken my Lord away and i dont know where he is.”
She turns back and sees Jesus, but doesn't recognize him. She thinks he is the gardener.
She asks where he has laid the body because she will take him away.
Jesus says “Mary”. Mary says “teacher”.
Jesus tells her not to touch him for he hasn't ascended to the Father. Go tell my brethren “I ascend to my and your Father, my God and your God”.
Mary Magdalene goes and tells the disciples “I saw the Lord and he said these things unto me”
