Time of the Resurrection

• Before dawn on a Sunday morning - John 20:1-9

The Sign of Jonah

• Three days AND three nights in the grave - Matt. 12:39-40.

The Jewish Day

• The biblical day observed by the Jews began at sundown - about 6 PM (Gen. 1:5, 8, etc.)

The Old Testament Passover

The Jewish year began with the new moon of the month Nisan (Abib) - Ex. 12:2.
The Passover lamb was to be selected on the 10th day of the 1st month - Ex. 12:3.
The lamb was to be kept up until the 14th day of the month - Ex. 12:6a.
The 14th day is the Passover -Lev. 23:4-5.

Note: Some commentators believe the Passover was a special sabbath day:most believe it was not.

The lamb was to be killed in the evening (beginning of the 14th day) - Ex. 12:6b.
The meal was to be eaten that evening - Ex. 12:8.
Jesus is identified as the anti-type of the Passover lamb - 1 Cor. 5:7.
The 15th day is the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread - Lev. 23:6.
The 1st day of the feast of unleavened bread is a special sabbath day - Lev. 23:7.

Jesus goes to Bethany - John 12:1

Our Friday evening to about 6 PM Saturday afternoon
6 days before the Passover - John 12:1-2
Weekly sabbath spent at Bethany

The next day - John 12:12

Ride the colt into Jerusalem - Luke 19:35-40; Mt. 21:8-11
"This, thy day..." - Luke 19:41-42

Monday evening (12th)

Our Sunday evening
Back to Bethany - Mark 11:11; Mt. 21:17

The fig tree cursed - Mark 11:12; Mt. 21:18

Israel's house declared desolate - Mt. 23:37-39

Our Monday evening

Left the city - Mark 11:19

To the Mt. of Olives (Olivet discourse) - Mt. 24:1-3

Passover in two days (Tuesday + Wednesday) - Mt. 26:1-2; Mark 14:1

Back to Bethany - Mt. 26:6

Saw the fig tree withered - Mark 11:20

Disciples to find a man with a pitcher - Mark 14:12-16

Our Tuesday evening

"Preparation of the Passover" - John 19:14

The Last Supper - Mark 14:17

Keep the lamb up 4 days (Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues) - Ex. 12:3, 6

Eating of the Last Supper - Luke 22:14-15

To Gethsemane - Mark 14:26; 32-34

Jesus' arrest - Mark 14:43-46

To Caiaphas, the High Priest - Mark 14:53

TRIAL #1 - Before the Sanhedrin - Mark 14:55

TRIAL #2 - Before Pilate - Matt 27:1-25

Delivered to be crucified Matt. 27:26

To Golgotha - John 19:15-18
Crucifixion at the 3rd hour (Hebrew time) - Mark 15:25

Three hours of darkness - Mark 15:33

"Why have you forsaken Me?" - Mark 15:34
Veil torn from top to bottom - Mark 15:38
Burial in Joseph's tomb - Mark 15:42-46
The day before the Sabbath - Mark 15:42
That day was a "High day..." - John 19:31

Our Wednesday evening
1st Day of Unleavened Bread (sabbath) - Ex. 12:14-16; cf. Lev. 23:5-6
The body cannot be prepared on this day of rest.
Thursday night = Night 1
Thursday = Day 1

Our Thursday evening
Women buy spices "after the Sabbath" - Mark 16:1
Women prepare spices, then observe Sabbath - Luke 23:56
Friday night = Night 2
Friday = Day 2

Our Friday evening
The weekly Sabbath
The body cannot be prepared on this day of rest.
Saturday night = Night 3
Saturday = Day 3

Our Saturday evening

6 PM - 3 days and 3 nights end

Raise the temple in 3 days - John 2:18-21

Sign of Jonah - Matt 12:39-40; cf. Jonah 1:17

It is not a valid sign if it is not literal!

After 6 PM - Christ's resurrection

OT saints rise and walk the streets of Jerusalem - Matt. 27:51-53

The first day that the body can be prepared

When it was still dark - John 20:1

Already resurrected and gone - John 20:1-7; Matt. 28:1-6; Luke 24:1-8
Not yet ascended to His Father - John 20:17

The disciples going to Emmaus - Luke 24:13-15
Ate late afternoon meal at Emmaus - Luke 24:29-30
Vanished miraculously - Luke 24:31
Disciples return to disciples in Jerusalem - Luke 24:33
Jesus appears - Luke 24:36-49

Our Sunday evening
Disciples led to Bethany - Luke 24:50-51
Discipes return to Jerusalem - Luke 24:52

Monday

Disciples go to Galilee - Matt. 28:16-20

The ascension to heaven - Acts 1:1-14