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How long was Jesus in the tomb?

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"How long was Jesus in the tomb?" (Alleged Contradiction #E9884)
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.

Matthew 12:40

And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Mark 10:34

Response

Contrary to popular belief, Jesus actually died on Thursday afternoon and rose on Sunday morning, equaling three days and three nights in the grave.

The day after Jesus died was a Sabbath, and Sabbaths are normally on Saturday.  However, this Sabbath was special, somewhat of a somber holiday (“for that sabbath day was an high day” 1), which during the Passover 2 occurred on the fifteenth day of the first month. 3  The fifteenth of the first month must have fallen on a Friday, making this particular Sabbath a Friday and Jesus’ crucifixion on Thursday.  Interestingly, according to Leviticus, this special Sabbath occurred the day after Passover, meaning that Jesus died as our Passover lamb.


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Notes

  1. John 19:31 ↩
  2. Luke 22:7:”Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.” ↩
  3. Leviticus 23:6-7: “And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.  In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.” ↩
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