Curious, but does this also help explain "on the third day He rose again"? If we use the timeline as outlined in the article, then indeed the Resurrection is on the third day. If however we go by the sunrise idea of day, it only seems to me to be two days, having already risen by sunrise on the second day.
This intricate essay makes perfect sense to me. The Jews were adamant that Jesus must be buried before the sun went down on Good Friday before their holy day. The counting of the three days Christ was in the tomb would be counted as follows, starting at 3 pm Thursday through 3 pm. Friday (day 1); 3 pm Friday through 3 pm Saturday (day 2); and 3 pm. Saturday through sunrise on Easter Sunday (day 3). This is more detail than Michael provides, though it is the same information.
Curious, but does this also help explain "on the third day He rose again"? If we use the timeline as outlined in the article, then indeed the Resurrection is on the third day. If however we go by the sunrise idea of day, it only seems to me to be two days, having already risen by sunrise on the second day.
This intricate essay makes perfect sense to me. The Jews were adamant that Jesus must be buried before the sun went down on Good Friday before their holy day. The counting of the three days Christ was in the tomb would be counted as follows, starting at 3 pm Thursday through 3 pm. Friday (day 1); 3 pm Friday through 3 pm Saturday (day 2); and 3 pm. Saturday through sunrise on Easter Sunday (day 3). This is more detail than Michael provides, though it is the same information.
Makes perfect sense and it clears up some of the apparent contradictions between the Synoptics and St. John.