THE EXACT DAY AND TIME JESUS DIED AND RESURRECTED (THE

SCRIPTURAL TRUTH!!!)
By: Prize A. Chukwuka

Religious men and women and scripturally ignorant people say that Jesus died
on Good Friday and rose on Easter Sunday. Could this be true? While I am
not here to attack anyones beliefs per-see, everybody is free to believe whatever
they want to believe. Nevertheless, I must restate the importance of understanding
that the word of God is the final authority. Everyone who seeks the truth can look
to the word of God (the Bible) and be made free from Satans deceptive lies. Jesus
declared;
and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. John 8:32
If you are a lover and seeker of truth then this teaching is for you. It is for right
thinking people, for men and women who walk beyond the corridors of the
traditions of men and the religious philosophies of sense ruled men. As you read
along take special not of the scripture passages outlined here. The truths presented
here will thrill your heart.
The crucifixion of Jesus took place on the day of preparation for the Jewish special
Sabbath (not their usual Saturday Sabbath), John 19:31. This special Sabbath was
not the regular Jewish Sabbath of Saturday, which always began from 6 pm on
Friday and ran until 6 pm the next evening. That is, from sundown to sundown.
According to Jewish time a new day begins from 6pm (evening time) and ends by
6 pm the next evening. The Jews and the Romans applied different rules for
reckoning the hours of the day, even though both systems divide the day into two
equal periods of 12 hours. A new day for the Romans began at midnight (i.e. 12
midnight, as it is for us today), whereas a new day for the Jews began in the
evening 6 pm.
The high day was a special Sabbath day commemorating the feast of Unleavened
Bread. That high day was a Thursday (34 AD), and the day of preparation before
that Thursday was a Wednesday (i.e. the day before the feast of unleavened bread).
That Wednesday was a Passover day, which was a day before the day of
Unleavened Bread, which took place on the 14 th day of the first Month (Abib, or
also known as Nisan) of the Jewish religious calendar (See Leviticus 23: 4-7).
Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday (the Passover day) and He died by 3pm (i.e.
the Ninth hour), Matthew 27:45, 46; John 19:42.
Jesus Burial and Resurrection
The burial of Jesus took place before it was 6pm on the same Wednesday of His
crucifixion. The Jewish authorities had to ensure He was buried before 6 pm
because their special Sabbath was to begin by 6 pm that same evening (which was

the beginning of a new day according to the Jewish standard of time and the
beginning of their special Sabbath). The Jewish special Sabbath for that year was
to begin by 6 pm that same Wednesday evening and would end by 6 pm (evening)
of the next day. The next day which was a Thursday was their day of Unleavened
Bread.
Paul called Jesus our Passover Lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7) because He was crucified
and died on the Passover day, which was Wednesday of 34AD. This was the day
before the day of Unleavened Bread of that year. Also, Jesus body was hurriedly
brought down from the cross before 6pm of that Wednesday because if the Jewish
religious authorities had allowed the body to remain on the cross, they would have
desecrated their special Sabbath which was to commence by 6pm that evening.
According to the Law of Moses, bodies were not allowed to hang all night on a
cross, (Deuteronomy 21:22, 23).
Jesus Christ was dead for three full days and three full nights. The Hebrew
idiom three days can be used for any part of three days, but when the
word night is included in the terminology, then the term can only mean three
complete literal days and three literal nights, (see Jonah 1:17).
According to Jesus Himself, the only sign which he gave to prove His Messiahship
was the sign of the prophet Jonah, Matthew 12: 40. He gave this proof in reference
to His death and resurrection. Notice how He specified it, He said, three days and
three nights. He meant three full days and three full nights. This was how long
Jonah himself stayed in the belly of the whale. Our Lord was put in the grave on
Wednesday by sundown, just before 6pm and He resurrected at the sundown of
Saturday, just before it was 6pm, at the same exact time He was buried. He
completed three full days and three full nights according to what He said
in Matthew 12:40.
When Sunday morning (day break) came Jesus had already risen. The resurrection
having taken place at sundown of the day before, that is, on Saturday sundown just
by 6pm. Counting back three days and three nights would bring us to Wednesday
Sundown. Someone asked? Would this make three days and three nights? Yes!
If you were to count it, Wednesday night, Thursday night, and Friday night-three
nights. Likewise, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, making three days. This would
make a total of exactly three days and three nights or complete 72 hours.
The Good Friday Concept a Religious Hoax
There is no such thing as Good Friday in the Christian faith. This concept is
totally based on deception. As far as Christianity is concerned Good Friday is a
religious hoax. Its main aim was to introduce pagan beliefs into the Church world.
But Satan is a liar, he has failed. Only those who are scripturally ignorant get

swayed by his deceptive craftiness. Ill talk more on this Good Friday Hoax in
another post.
Jesus resurrected at the end of the Jewish Sabbath day celebration. This signified
that the resurrection of Christ brought the Jewish Sabbath to an end; see Matthew
28:1-10.
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