The Day of the Crucifixion

DAY 309 CHALLENGE “Jesus couldn’t have been crucified on a Friday. He rose Sunday morning, and he said he would be in the tomb “three days and three nights” (Matt. 12:40). There aren’t three days and nights between Friday and Sunday.” DEFENSE This fails to understand the modes of speech then used. In the most literal sense, “three days and three nights” means seventy- two hours. The Gospels agree Jesus died in the afternoon and was buried in the evening, just before the beginning of the Sabbath at sunset (Matt. 27:57; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:42). If he remained buried for sev...