How lond did Jesus remain dead?

[lukn4trth]

Please read what Mat 12:40 says, a Protestant told me that this verse proves that Jesus didnt die on a friday and rose on a Sunday because that is not three nights and three days, that catholics made that up, he says he is almost sure he died on a wednesday and rose on a saturday night, how can I prove we are right and he is wrong?? .... thanks!

Edited March 2, 2005 by lukn4trth

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='lukn4trth' date='Mar 2 2005, 05:11 PM'] Please read what Mat 12:40 says, a Protestant told me that this verse proves that Jesus didnt die on a friday and rose on a Sunday because that is not three nights and three days, that catholics made that up, he says he is almost sure he died on a wednesday and rose on a saturday night, how can I prove we are right and he is wrong?? .... thanks! [/quote]
why in the world would we just make that up?

anyway, i could be wrong, but i always understood friday to sunday to be 3 days b/c the Jews marked sundown as the beginning of a new day, and since that is the context of the life of Christ, that's how we understand "days" in the bible. so, if the sun sets at, lets say 6:00, then:

friday til 6: first day
fri 6pm to sat 6pm: second day
sat 6pm to sun 6pm: third day

maybe someone else will be able to verify this.....

[cmotherofpirl]

Yep.
Friday is day one, Saturday is day two, Sunday is day three.

[lukn4trth]

My point is, it says in Mat 12:40 that is going to be three days and three NIGHTS, but we say that he died on a friday and resurrected on a sunday morning (John 20:1) .... where is the THIRD NIGHT??
What this Pentecostal tells me is that what probably happened is that he resurrected on a saturday and was first seen on a sunday

[url="http://www.triumphpro.com/the_myth_of_good_friday_easter_sunday_exposed!_how_long_was_jesus_christ_in_the_grave.htm"]http://www.triumphpro.com/the_myth_of_good...n_the_grave.htm[/url]

Theres a detailed explanation

Edited March 3, 2005 by lukn4trth