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12 questions linked to/from How long was Jesus in the tomb?
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How are 3 days/nights in grave prophecy reconclied if Jesus died on Good Fri & arose Sun? [duplicate]
Did Jesus die on "Good Friday"? If so, how is it that 3 days & 3 nights are reckoned between Fri - Sun?
“For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of ...
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How did the church calculate Sunday as the day of the resurrection? [duplicate]
By my reading of the Gospel accounts of Jesus rising from the grave on the third day, and the Crucifixion being on Friday (with Jesus’ body being released Friday evening before sundown to allow ...
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Was Jesus resurrected after or {within} three days of his death? [duplicate]
Was Jesus resurrected after complete 3 days, or he resurrected in the third day?. I mean if he had been resurrected in the third day, this means that he had spent less than 72 hours before his ...
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Why is the Crucifixion believed to have happened on Friday? [duplicate]
Arguments have been made for the crucifixion not being on a Friday. In particular, it is obvious that there are not three nights between Friday and Sunday; Friday night and Saturday night are only two ...
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On what day did Jesus die? [duplicate]
If Easter Sunday (First day of the week) is the day Jesus rose the dead, why is Good Friday the day we recognize as the day Jesus died? That wouldn't give 3 days and 3 nights in the grave like Jesus ...
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Was the Last Supper not the Passover meal?
The accepted answer on How long was Jesus in the tomb? would only have been possible if the Last Supper was not the Passover meal, which I had always thought it was. Was the Last Supper in fact not ...
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What is the origin of the Good Friday tradition?
As suggested by this question and this answer, it seems possible that Jesus actually died on a Wednesday, not on a Friday.
In light of these competing theories, what is the origin of the Good Friday ...
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What evidence is there that Jesus died on the cross? [closed]
Inspired by How long was Jesus in the tomb?, the question could be reasonably raised "if Jesus was only in the tomb for a day and a half, can we be sure that he really died, or were the witnesses ...
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Why do we celebrate Easter only 2 days after Good Friday?
I have always wondered why we celebrate Easter only two 24 hour periods since Good Friday. Throughout Scripture we see the Apostles and Paul talking about Jesus's Resurrection was three days after his ...
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Do any denominations besides the United Church of God commemorate Jesus' death on a Wednesday?
Other questions and answers have established that Jesus may have actually died on a Wednesday rather than a Friday.
Have any Christians other than the United Church of God reached the Wednesday ...
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What is the basis for the idiomatic understanding of "three days in the tomb" as two nights and a day?
The Messiah said that He would be three days and three nights in the "heart of the earth"
There are those who think that the crucifixion took place on the 6th day of the week with the resurrection ...
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How was the Catholic Easter calendar established, despite this passage?
Matthew 12:40
For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
If Jesus said he ...
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