Subject: wednsday or friday Jesus died |
Bible Note: Lightedsteps, What a nice screen name. When there are a number of hours involved, then a portion of that day could be considered a full day. But when it is only just over maybe an hour, I don't think a Jew or a Gentile from 2000 years ago or today could in good conscience state it was a full day. I don't count Weds just before being placed in the tomb as a day, I count it as the first night (using a timeline of 6pm to 6am as a night and 6am to 6pm for a day). Once again the Bible is quiet on exactly how much time elapsed from Messiah giving up the spirit (which was around 3pm) to His actual burial, but one would imagine thay it took some time for Joseph to get a personal interview with the leaders and to obtain permission to take care of the burial since being thrown in a common heap was part of the humiliation that crucifixion had in mind. We only know that he had only about 3 hours in which to do all of this - so the actual placing of our Savior into the tomb was probably very close to the "cut off" time. The Last Supper as portrayed in the Gospels has always been considered the Pesach by most Christians. I believe it to be a traditional meal eaten by Galileans when the time changes days the day before (that would be our Tues. evening), then the Galilean first-born men of the area would fast until the actual Pesach meal some 20 to 24 hours later. Dhaniei |