Crucifixion Was Not on Friday (1968)_b.pdf - Herbert W. Armstrong
Crucifixion Was Not on Friday (1968)_b.pdf - Herbert W. Armstrong
Crucifixion Was Not on Friday (1968)_b.pdf - Herbert W. Armstrong
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10 The <str<strong>on</strong>g>Crucifixi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Was</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Not</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Friday</strong><br />
M<strong>on</strong>day. Now was M<strong>on</strong>day "the third day" from the day they<br />
had originally met with the King? The first day from that <strong>Friday</strong><br />
was Saturday; the sec<strong>on</strong>d day from that <strong>Friday</strong> was<br />
Sunday; and the third day was M<strong>on</strong>day - exactly the time the<br />
king expected them to return.<br />
M<strong>on</strong>day, not Sunday, was the third day from <strong>Friday</strong>.<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Not</str<strong>on</strong>g>ice how the Bible COU11ts from <strong>on</strong>e period of time to<br />
another. Turn to Nehemiah 5: 14: "... I was appointed to be<br />
their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year<br />
even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king,<br />
that is TWELVE YEARS •••" <str<strong>on</strong>g>Not</str<strong>on</strong>g>ice that from the 20th year to<br />
the 32nd year is TWELVE YEARS, not thirteen years. Similarly,<br />
the third day from a <strong>Friday</strong> is a M<strong>on</strong>day, not a Sunday.<br />
The next text the Adventist Commentary offers as "proof"<br />
that "three days and three nights" means <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong>e day and two<br />
nights is in Esther 4: 16 and 5: 1. "Fast ye for me," said Queen<br />
Esther, "and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I<br />
also ... will fast likewise; and so will I go unto the king." "Now<br />
it came to pass <strong>on</strong> the third day, that Esther put <strong>on</strong> her royal<br />
apparel" and went to the king. Which day was this? - the third<br />
day of the fast. Suppose Queen Esther had requested the Jews<br />
late <strong>Friday</strong> evening, shortly before sunset, to fast. The first day<br />
of their fast would have been Saturday; the sec<strong>on</strong>d day would<br />
have been Sunday; and <strong>on</strong> the third day - M<strong>on</strong>day - the<br />
Queen would have entered the king's palace. Isn't that plain and<br />
simple? The Jews did not fast parts of three days, but three<br />
days, night and day!<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Not</str<strong>on</strong>g>ice that in each of these examples, three days means<br />
three days, not parts of three days or <strong>on</strong>ly a day and <strong>on</strong>e-half.<br />
There is no excepti<strong>on</strong>! After three days does not mean after<br />
<strong>on</strong>e and a half days. It means after three days!<br />
What Day <str<strong>on</strong>g>Was</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Resurrecti<strong>on</strong>?<br />
Jesus was buried shortly before sunset <strong>on</strong> the day of the<br />
crucifixi<strong>on</strong> (Luke 23:54). Since Jesus said that He would<br />
"rise the third day" after the day of His crucifixi<strong>on</strong>, it is obvious<br />
that the resurrecti<strong>on</strong> must have occurred precisely at the completi<strong>on</strong><br />
of the third day following his burial.
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