The Crucifixion Was Not On Friday PDF - Church of God Faithful Flock

The Crucifixion Was Not on Friday 11Then the resurrection must have occurred near sunsetthree days later. When the women carne to the tomb, earlySunday morning, J e sus had already risen. The angel said, "Heis risen: He is not here" (Mark 16:6).Therefore Jesus could not have risen later than near sunsetSaturday afternoon three days after His burial- because Hewas not at the sepulchre Sunday morning.Three days before Saturday would place the crucifixion onWednesday, the preparation day for the Feast of UnleavenedBread. Thursday of that year must have been an annual Sabbath,the first annual Sabbath in the Days of UnleavenedBread.So that we would know that that Sabbath which followedthe crucifixion was not necessarily the weekly Sabbath, J ohnwas inspired to call i t a "high da y" ( J ohn 19: 31), which, accordingto Jewish usage, means an annual Sabbath which mayoccur any day during the week!Mark picks up John's account by adding that AFTER THATSABBATH, which was a high day, the first day of the Feast ofUnleavened Bread, the women bought sweet spices to use inanointing the body of Jesus (Mark 16:1). This purchasing ofthe spices could not have been on Thursday, the annual Sabbath:it must have been Friday!Having made their purchases, the women prepared theseointments "and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment"(Luke 23:56). This was the seventh-day Sabbathupon which, near its close, Jesus was raised from the dead.Thus the Bible proves that the resurrection was not onSunday, the crucifixion not on Friday. THERE WERE TWOSEPARATE 8ABBATHS THAT WEEK! - one, an annual Sabbath,the other, a weekly Sabbath.Matthew 28:1 Proves lt!A vital text proving that there were two Sabbaths in thatweek has been obscured by almost every translation intoEnglish. Only Ferrar Fenton's version has this point correct.Turn to M a tthew 28: l. In the common versions i t says,"In the end"- or more correctly, "After the Sabbath." Notice