Common Figure of Speech/Colloquial Language?

Piper · April 30, 2020, 1:17pm

Paul_Thomson:

If Jesus was buried before sunset on Wednesday, the remaining minutes of Wednesday were one day, by Jewish inclusive reckoning. Wednesday night to Thursday dawn was one night. Thursday dawn to Thursday sunset: a second day. Thursday night to Friday dawn: a second night. Saturday dawn to Saturday sunset: a third day. Saturday night to a pre-dawn resurrection: a third night. (In total three days and three nights.)
Or Saturday dawn to a Saturday pre-sunset resurrection (as you are suggesting): a fourth day. (In total four days and three nights.)

However, Jesus said they would kill him and on the third day, within three days, after three days he would be raised. Jews reckoned the day on which the counting started as day one. That would be Wednesday, according to you. The second day would be Thursday, and the third day would be Friday. For Jesus to be raised on the third day, he would have to rise before Friday evening, not pre-dawn on Saturday.

All three expressions, “on the third day”, “within three days”, and “after three days” mean a part day plus a whole day plus a part day.

The solution is that Jesus was dead for either -Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and part of Thursday sunset to Friday sunset (three days by Jewish inclusive reckoning); or, Thursday afternoon, Friday and part of Friday sunset to Saturday sunset (three days by Jewish inclusive reckoning); or, Friday afternoon, Saturday and part of Saturday sunset to Sunday sunset (three days by Jewish inclusive reckoning).

And three days and three night in the heart of the earth did not mean three days buried in the ground , but something else. Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights. But according to Jonah 2, he was dead for only some of that time not all of it.

I started a new thread since the OP of this thread was not happy with some of the posts.