No, it was Friday afternoon. The "Wednesday" misunderstanding is based on a misconception of how ancient Jews counted days. Scripture speaks of being "three days" in the grave, but it also speaks of rising "on the third day", making clear that they are synonymous - he died on the first day, was in the grave during some or all of each of …
No, it was Friday afternoon. The "Wednesday" misunderstanding is based on a misconception of how ancient Jews counted days. Scripture speaks of being "three days" in the grave, but it also speaks of rising "on the third day", making clear that they are synonymous - he died on the first day, was in the grave during some or all of each of the first, second, and third days, and on the third day was alive again.
To put it in perspective -- what are the chances that practically all of the Christians throughout all of history have been wrong about this, but somehow modern people just managed to figure it out (in a way that conveniently fits the modern way of looking at the world)?
No, it was Friday afternoon. The "Wednesday" misunderstanding is based on a misconception of how ancient Jews counted days. Scripture speaks of being "three days" in the grave, but it also speaks of rising "on the third day", making clear that they are synonymous - he died on the first day, was in the grave during some or all of each of the first, second, and third days, and on the third day was alive again.
To put it in perspective -- what are the chances that practically all of the Christians throughout all of history have been wrong about this, but somehow modern people just managed to figure it out (in a way that conveniently fits the modern way of looking at the world)?