Was Jesus crucified on "Good Friday?"

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Two nights.

True.

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by larrylyates

Just a thought for you scholars out there: With few exceptions, Christendom observes "Good Friday" as the day Jesus Christ was crucified. A few believe that Jesus was crucified on Thursday, and a few more hold to the opnion that He was crucified on Wednesday.

The term itself, "Good Friday," is a mispronunciation of Gott Friday, which is German for "God's Friday."

Jesus said in Matthew 12:40, "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." If, as the vast majority of Christendom believes, Jesus was crucified on Friday, then His body would have lain in the tomb only twenty-four to twenty-six hours - one night and one day.

Was Jesus crucified on Good Friday? Does it make any difference?

I don't think it makes any difference. It's the day the crucifixion is observed.

As for the specific number of hours He was in the grave: If He was prophesied to rise again on the third day, that could easily mean anytime that third day. It doesn't have to be exactly 36 hours from the time of death. If He died on a Friday, that's day 1. Saturday is Day 2. Sunday morning is still "the third day."

The idea that He rose on Sunday comes from the verse that says "...upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning...." Also, Luke 23:53-56 discusses how after Jesus was buried, the "sabbath drew on"--that also supports the idea that it was Friday evening--just prior to the sabbath. They were preparing to anoint his body with spices and ointments, but had to stop and rest on the sabbath day and wait till the next day, which would have presumably been Sunday.

[Farfel]

Originally Posted by Cindy

3 days, 2 nights. What time did he actually die?

It was about 3:00pm. It tells here Matthew 27:45-50; Mark 15:33-37; Luke 23:44-46. The sixth hour would have been noon, the ninth hour would have been 3:00.

In Mark 15:25 it says that Jesus was crucified at the third hour. So He was on the cross for six hours!

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

"The three days and three nights seems to be a figure of speech. We do know that in Rabinnic thought any part of a day and a night was seen as the whole. They would use the term of a "day and a night" for any part of one. Notice we never hear about 40 days and 39 nights, or 3 days and 4 nights. It would seem quite strange that all the days rounded so nicely. If we do not understand it this way, then there really seems to be no way to reconcile it. Jesus was not burried for 3 24-hour periods. It is true that some put the crucifixion on a Wednesday. This is however a minority position among scholars and it still does not solve the issue. Wednesday plus three days still only brings us to Saturday. It seems best to understand Jesus' statement in light of the Rabinnic thought."
http://www.onenesspentecostal.com/threedays.htm

Originally Posted by Praxeas

• Jesus died and was taken down from the cross on the "preparation day" (Greek, paraskeue) - Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:31. This day could refer to the day before a Sabbath or the day before a holiday.
• However, this particular preparation day is specifically said to be "the day before the Sabbath" – Mark 15:42.
• Occasionally, the Sabbath would not fall on the last day of the week (Saturday).
• However, this particular Sabbath immediately preceded the first day of the week (Sunday) - Matt. 28:1. Therefore it must have been a Saturday and the preparation day must have been Friday.
• Although a new day for us officially begins at midnight, the Jews began a new day at sunset.
• Therefore, after the sun set on Saturday, Sunday began.
• Jesus rose sometime before sunrise on Sunday morning - Matt. 28:1; Luke 24:1.
• Jesus said elsewhere that he would rise "on the third day" - Matt. 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; Luke 9:22; 18:33; 24:7; 24:46. Sunday was the third day.
• Finally, Jesus is specifically said to have risen "on the first day of the week" (Sunday, emphasis added) - Mark 16:9. (Although the longer ending of Mark is textually suspect, even most scholars who do not consider it canonical do see it as an accurate account of history).
• Jesus was in the tomb for parts of three days according to Jewish reckoning – the end of Friday, all day Saturday and part of Sunday.

http://www.onenesspentecostal.com/resurrectionday.htm

Bump

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

"The three days and three nights seems to be a figure of speech. We do know that in Rabinnic thought any part of a day and a night was seen as the whole. They would use the term of a "day and a night" for any part of one. Notice we never hear about 40 days and 39 nights, or 3 days and 4 nights. It would seem quite strange that all the days rounded so nicely. If we do not understand it this way, then there really seems to be no way to reconcile it. Jesus was not burried for 3 24-hour periods. It is true that some put the crucifixion on a Wednesday. This is however a minority position among scholars and it still does not solve the issue. Wednesday plus three days still only brings us to Saturday. It seems best to understand Jesus' statement in light of the Rabinnic thought."
http://www.onenesspentecostal.com/threedays.htm

Originally Posted by Praxeas

• Jesus died and was taken down from the cross on the "preparation day" (Greek, paraskeue) - Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:31. This day could refer to the day before a Sabbath or the day before a holiday.
• However, this particular preparation day is specifically said to be "the day before the Sabbath" – Mark 15:42.
• Occasionally, the Sabbath would not fall on the last day of the week (Saturday).
• However, this particular Sabbath immediately preceded the first day of the week (Sunday) - Matt. 28:1. Therefore it must have been a Saturday and the preparation day must have been Friday.
• Although a new day for us officially begins at midnight, the Jews began a new day at sunset.
• Therefore, after the sun set on Saturday, Sunday began.
• Jesus rose sometime before sunrise on Sunday morning - Matt. 28:1; Luke 24:1.
• Jesus said elsewhere that he would rise "on the third day" - Matt. 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; Luke 9:22; 18:33; 24:7; 24:46. Sunday was the third day.
• Finally, Jesus is specifically said to have risen "on the first day of the week" (Sunday, emphasis added) - Mark 16:9. (Although the longer ending of Mark is textually suspect, even most scholars who do not consider it canonical do see it as an accurate account of history).
• Jesus was in the tomb for parts of three days according to Jewish reckoning – the end of Friday, all day Saturday and part of Sunday.

http://www.onenesspentecostal.com/resurrectionday.htm

Seems very logical to me.

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

• Jesus died and was taken down from the cross on the "preparation day" (Greek, paraskeue) - Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:31. This day could refer to the day before a Sabbath or the day before a holiday.
• However, this particular preparation day is specifically said to be "the day before the Sabbath" – Mark 15:42.
• Occasionally, the Sabbath would not fall on the last day of the week (Saturday).
• However, this particular Sabbath immediately preceded the first day of the week (Sunday) - Matt. 28:1. Therefore it must have been a Saturday and the preparation day must have been Friday.
• Although a new day for us officially begins at midnight, the Jews began a new day at sunset.
• Therefore, after the sun set on Saturday, Sunday began.
• Jesus rose sometime before sunrise on Sunday morning - Matt. 28:1; Luke 24:1.
• Jesus said elsewhere that he would rise "on the third day" - Matt. 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; Luke 9:22; 18:33; 24:7; 24:46. Sunday was the third day.
• Finally, Jesus is specifically said to have risen "on the first day of the week" (Sunday, emphasis added) - Mark 16:9. (Although the longer ending of Mark is textually suspect, even most scholars who do not consider it canonical do see it as an accurate account of history).
• Jesus was in the tomb for parts of three days according to Jewish reckoning – the end of Friday, all day Saturday and part of Sunday.

http://www.onenesspentecostal.com/resurrectionday.htm

Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

As the article states, Sunday actually began at 6PM on Saturday which was actually Sunday night, not Sunday morning. Sunday morning did not begin until 6AM and lasted until 6PM which then ended Sunday and Monday night began.

6AM - 6PM Friday (Crucifixion day) = Day 1

6PM Friday - 6AM Saturday = Night 1 (Sabbath begins)

6AM Saturday - 6PM Saturday = Day 2 (Sabbath over)

6PM Saturday - 6AM Sunday (Mary comes to tomb while still dark - John 20:1) = Night 2

That's two days and two nights.

[UnTraditional]

To me, I do not think that Jesus was crucified on Good Friday 33AD. I think He was crucified, died, was buried in a borrowed tomb, and in three days rose victorious with all power and authority. I think that is what is sufficient. We simply choose to celebrate His death on Good Friday and His resurrection on Easter.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

As the article states, Sunday actually began at 6PM on Saturday which was actually Sunday night, not Sunday morning. Sunday morning did not begin until 6AM and lasted until 6PM which then ended Sunday and Monday night began.

6AM - 6PM Friday (Crucifixion day) = Day 1

6PM Friday - 6AM Saturday = Night 1 (Sabbath begins)

6AM Saturday - 6PM Saturday = Day 2 (Sabbath over)

6PM Saturday - 6AM Sunday (Mary comes to tomb while still dark - John 20:1) = Night 2

That's two days and two nights.

Friday 1
Saturday 2
Sunday 3...

As the article states a day was not a literal 24 hour period.

If I said "what are you going to do today" most people don't understand that to mean all day long 24 hours

"days and nights" are an idiom. Read the article

[Scott Hutchinson]

Now this group is way off in alot of things,but I think this article has valid points.
http://www.ucg.org/doctrinal-beliefs...rected-sunday/

[Scott Hutchinson]

More interesting info.
http://www.earlychurchchanges.com/excerpts/thirdday.php