Subject: Idiom? |
Bible Note: Dear Jim, You said I believe with all my heart that Jesus is the Messiah and the Son of God. I also believe he was saying exactly what he meant. We can see from the whole counsel of God that what Jesus "meant" by these words; 3 days and 3 nights is the gospel message; His death, burial and resurrection. My point is that if in this particular phrase (3 days and 3 nights) we have trouble with the timeing: it is as you say; it is due to a wrong interpretation. In other words when we cannot interpret it (understand it) - it is considered a difficult passage - therefore; we interpret the difficult passages (in this case the percise timeing) in light of the obvious passages (the death, burial and resurrection found throughout the whole counsel of God). Blessings, Val |