Savoia
Yoel, I concur with your assessment of the inanity of the forced
interpretation of 3 days/3 nights. I still wonder, though, how the
early "church fathers" allowed themselves to acquire such a glaring
swollen thumb of belief. I'm curious as to what your opinion is on
the other option which has been given (by some minor Christian
groups), i.e. that the "sabbath" which is referred to (by which time
the body had to be laid) was not the weekly sabbath, but the 1st day
of Unleavened Bread, which was presumedly on a Thursday somewhere
around 4 BC or 3 BC. That would mean he was in the tomb Wed night,
Thurs night and Fri night, and Thurs day, Fri. day and Sat day (which
would mean he was resurrected Sat night after sundown, and was able
to appear to the women the next day "while it was yet dark" (i.e.
before sunrise).
TILL
Luke 23:55-56 claims that "the women" followed Joseph of Arimethea and saw
where he laid the body. Then they returned home, prepared spices and
ointments, and rested on the sabbath "according to the commandment." This
seems to be a clear reference to the regular sabbath day, which the 10
commandments required Jews to "remember and keep holy."
Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net