Was it 3 Days & 3 Nights?

Note: Sunday, 05 July 2009

• Was it 3 Days & 3 Nights?

  I was thinking about what one of my friends asked me. How was it 3 days and 3 nights when Jesus was in the grave? He was crucified and died on Good Friday. He was buried before sundown.
  
  His body was in the tomb all day and night on Holy Saturday. And was there on Sunday morning some time. That is not 3 days and 3 nights.
  
  My friend sought to find the answer. What my friend found out from someone that Jesus was in the grave for about 36 hours. The 3 days and 3 nights is a question.
  
  I was thinking. Recall the story of the man who hired men to work in his vineyard? He paid every one the same wages. The ones who worked only 1 hour got paid just the same as the ones who worked much more than they did.
  
  By the way in the New Living Translation:
  The next section listed Jesus Again Predicts His Death
  
  In that section Matthew 20: 19
  "Then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, whipped, and crucified. But on the third day he will be raised from the dead."
  
  I thought about this.
  Jesus was in the tomb on Friday. That is a day for Friday. Then Saturday is One day. So Sunday is the 3rd Day. Even though it was not a 24 hour period or a sunrise to sunset day, there were 3 days involved in this event.
  
  Jesus' body was in the grave some of Good Friday. His body was there all day on Holy Saturday. As for Sunday His body was there before the sun came up.
  
  This was just a thought.
  I don't what to explain away the logic of the 3 days and 3 night theory. I know that we should take some things in the Bible as what it is. The Bible is the word of God. The authors were inspired to write what they wrote.
  
  Do you believe that a whale swallowed Jonah? Did that donkey really talk to that guy? Did Moses really split the Red Sea? There are a lot of things that we can question in the Bible. It's have we perceive and believe things.
  
  The stories and events in the Bible were written for a purpose. It's good to picture some of the things in Bible to see the meaning of what what. The people in the Bible were real human beings.
  
  Lord,
  Help us to read the Bible with getting some thing out of what we read. May the Holy Spirit bring revelation to us as we read the Bible. May we understand that we can't know every thing that there is. Amen.
  
  On The Journey Of Transformation
  Was It 3 Days And 3 Nights?
  
  Let's leave room for mystery.
  
  Enjoying Life,
  The Chronicles of Susan
  
  Psalm 36:10 NLT
  Pour out your unfailing love on those who love you; give justice to those with honest hearts.
  
  Note: I posted this on facebook some time ago.