27:50 Was this day that Jesus died "Good Friday" as so many in the church teach?

27:50 Was this day that Jesus died “Good Friday” as so many in the church teach?

No, our Lord could not have been crucified and buried on “Good Friday” as so many in the church teach or these scriptures are meaningless (cp Jonah 1:17 with Mt 12:40; 27:63; Mk 8:31; 9:31; 10:34; 1Cor 15:3-4).

The clear teaching in all these scriptures is that Christ would be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth before being raised up again. A day consists of twelve hours and a night likewise, totalling twenty-four hours (cp Jn 11:9-10). Three days and three nights therefore equal seventy-two hours. Night precedes day in God’s order (cp Gen 1:3-5; Lev 23:32).

The Jewish day began at 6pm in the evening and continued until 6pm the next evening. On that basis if Jesus had been buried in the evening of “Good Friday” He would not have risen until seventy-two hours later, on Monday evening.

Yet scriptures clearly teach that He was already risen when Mary Magdalene and the other women got to the tomb before daybreak on Sunday (cp Mt 28:1-7; Mk 16:1-9; Lk 24:1-7; Jn 20:1-10).

Thus, in accordance with Gen 1:3-5, Jesus had to die and be buried on Wednesday evening in order to rise again on Saturday evening at the conclusion of the weekly Sabbath. Jesus was not crucified and buried on “Good Friday” before the commencement of the weekly Sabbath as so many believe, but on the Wednesday before the next day’s – Thursday – Sabbath, which was a high day Sabbath (cp Jn 19:31-32, 38-42).

A “high day” Sabbath is a special Sabbath, a day of great, solemn celebration, such as the day of the great feast in Jn 7:37 (cp Jn 7:37). This Sabbath is completely different to the normal weekly – Saturday – Sabbath (see also comments on Mk 16:1, Jn 19:31, Ac 12:4, Ga 4:9).

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