Subject: Idiom? |
Bible Note: Hi Tamara, Many thanks for your response and effort in answering my question. You said “Fact - Jesus said He too would be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights, that makes that part fact, right?” Correct, I agree. You said “Okay now turn to Mark 15:42-47 - Jesus was buried the day before Sabbath could begin, the Sabbath begins on Saturday, so Jesus was buried on Friday. Yes, Jesus was buried just as the Sabbath was to begin. (Luke 23:54) However, this was not the weekly Sabbath observed on Saturday. This was the Sabbath that took place on the first day of the Passover feast. This Sabbath could occur on any day of the week. (John 19:31) There were two Sabbaths that week. This is why it was possible for the women to buy spices after the Passover Sabbath and prepare them before the Saturday Sabbath. You said, “Look down at Mark 16:1-6 - Mary and the women came on the first day of the week to anoint Jesus and get told, He is risen that morning of the first day of the week.” Please read that again. It says, “He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him.” It does not say he arose that morning. Mark 16:9 says “Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.” My understanding is the New Testament Greek is without punctuation. The punctuation was added by translators. It could just as easily read, “Now after He had risen, early on the first day of the week He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.” You said, “What Jesus actually was saying was accurate when you factor in that what He meant was figuratively a period, not twenty four hour periods. This issue is about a figure of speech, it has to do with the use of the word Hemera as being it's last listed meaning - a figurative period.” I don’t think Jesus would state it that way when this was to be the only sign he would give the Jews that he was the Messiah. John 11:9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. Thanks again, Jim |