Was Jesus crucified on a Friday or on any other day of the week?

[peacecrusader888]

The Roman Catholic Church and some other religious groups believe that Jesus was crucified on a Friday (Good Friday) and resurrected on Sunday (Easter)? Are these correct?

 

[Kolibri]

In the year 33 C.E., Nisan 14th started at sundown Thursday and ended at sundown Friday. Jesus died in the afternoon.
Jesus was resurrected sometime early in the daylight hours of Sunday, Nisan 16th.

 

[Faybull]

Astronomy my dear Watson.

 

[peacecrusader888]

In the year 33 C.E., Nisan 14th started at sundown Thursday and ended at sundown Friday. Jesus died in the afternoon.
Jesus was resurrected sometime early in the daylight hours of Sunday, Nisan 16th.

@Kolibri
Did you know that Jesus was not crucified and died on a Friday? It was a Thursday when He was crucified and died. Did you know that Jesus did not resurrect on a Sunday? It was a Monday when He resurrected. Did you know that it was not on Nisan 14, a spring day, when He was crucified, but in summer?

 

[peacecrusader888]

@Kolibri
Did you know that I finished my study on the crucifixion of Jesus in 2003? The results are on the Internet for anyone interested to peruse on it, on CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS CHRIST .

Even though I finished the study in 2003, until recently, I get proofs from the Holy Bible that Jesus was really crucified and died in summer, and not in spring. So far, there are six proofs:1. 2009 – The linen cloth cast about a young man’s naked body (Mark 14:50-52)
2. 2009 – Jesus cursed the fig tree (Mark 11:12-24, 20-22; Matthew 21:18-20)
3. 2012 – The donkey and the colt (Matthew 21:5, 7)
4. 2013 – The Kidron Valley
5. 2014 – Three sabbath days (Acts 17:2)
6. 2014 – Fishing (John 21:7)

 

[BilliardsBall]

Y'shua died on Passover. Israel, like Florida or Southern California, may be plenty warm even in March/April.

Jesus may not have been entombed three full days if you go with a Friday-Sunday narrative, however, the prophecy was that He was to resurrect on the third day after His sufferings began. His sufferings began the night before the crucifixion in the Garden of Gethsemane.

 

[Kolibri]

Y'shua died on Passover. Israel, like Florida or Southern California, may be plenty warm even in March/April.

Jesus may not have been entombed three full days if you go with a Friday-Sunday narrative, however, the prophecy was that He was to resurrect on the third day after His sufferings began. His sufferings began the night before the crucifixion in the Garden of Gethsemane.

'Day and Night' is an idiom that can mean a part of a day. So a portion of Nisan 14th, all of the 15th, and a portion of the 16th satisfies the 'sign of Jonah'. (Mt 12:40) The gospels are quite clear that Jesus died on the Passover. This month does correspond to March/April. Once can doubt the written word if one wishes, but then a Christian Greek Scriptures follower will be running the risk of teaching a good news not found in the Bible itself.

"Not that there is another good news; but there are certain ones who are causing you trouble and wanting to distort the good news about the Christ. However, even if we or an angel out of heaven were to declare to you as good news something beyond the good news we declared to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, I now say again, Whoever is declaring to you as good news something beyond what you accepted, let him be accursed." - Galatians 1:7-9

*** it-1 p. 593 Day ***
There are times when the Hebrews used ‘day and night’ to mean only a portion of a solar day of 24 hours. For example, 1 Kings 12:5, 12 tells of Rehoboam’s asking Jeroboam and the Israelites to “go away for three days” and then return to him. That he did not mean three full 24-hour days but, rather, a portion of each of three days is seen by the fact that the people came back to him “on the third day.” At Matthew 12:40 the same meaning is given to the “three days and three nights” of Jesus’ stay in Sheol. As the record shows, he was raised to life on “the third day.” The Jewish priests clearly understood this to be the meaning of Jesus’ words, since, in their effort to block his resurrection, they quoted Jesus as saying: “After three days I am to be raised up,” and then they requested Pilate to issue a command for “the grave to be made secure until the third day.”—Mt 27:62-66; 28:1-6; note other examples in Ge 42:17, 18; Es 4:16; 5:1.

 

[peacecrusader888]

Y'shua died on Passover. Israel, like Florida or Southern California, may be plenty warm even in March/April.

Jesus may not have been entombed three full days if you go with a Friday-Sunday narrative, however, the prophecy was that He was to resurrect on the third day after His sufferings began. His sufferings began the night before the crucifixion in the Garden of Gethsemane.

@BilliardsBall
You say that Jesus was crucified on Passover. That means Nisan 14. Tell me when Nisan 14 was a Friday during the time of Jesus.

 

[Kolibri]

@BilliardsBall
You say that Jesus was crucified on Passover. That means Nisan 14. Tell me when Nisan 14 was a Friday during the time of Jesus.

Just like the solar calendar we use today changes which day of the week a particular date falls on from year to year, so do the dates of based on the lunar calender in use back then. The day after the Passover being "a great [Sabbath]" proves that it was a Friday that year (33 C.E.)

*** it-2 p. 58 Jesus Christ ***
The death of Jesus Christ took place in the spring, on the Passover Day, Nisan (or Abib) 14, according to the Jewish calendar. (Mt 26:2; Joh 13:1-3; Ex 12:1-6; 13:4) That year the Passover occurred on the sixth day of the week (counted by the Jews as from sundown on Thursday to sundown on Friday). This is evident from John 19:31, which shows that the following day was “a great” sabbath. The day after Passover was always a sabbath, no matter on what day of the week it came. (Le 23:5-7) But when this special Sabbath coincided with the regular Sabbath (the seventh day of the week), it became “a great one.” So Jesus’ death took place on Friday, Nisan 14, by about 3:00 p.m.—Lu 23:44-46.

 

[lostwanderingsoul]

Where is the proof that it was the year 33? In the year 30 Nisan 14 was on Thursday. If Jesus died on Wednesday afternoon He could have been in the tomb three whole days and nights. Why do people have to find a reason the Bible does not mean what it says? Maybe it really was three whole days and nights. It could easily fit if the year was 30 instead of 33.

 

[peacecrusader888]

'Day and Night' is an idiom that can mean a part of a day. So a portion of Nisan 14th, all of the 15th, and a portion of the 16th satisfies the 'sign of Jonah'. (Mt 12:40) The gospels are quite clear that Jesus died on the Passover. This month does correspond to March/April. Once can doubt the written word if one wishes, but then a Christian Greek Scriptures follower will be running the risk of teaching a good news not found in the Bible itself.

"Not that there is another good news; but there are certain ones who are causing you trouble and wanting to distort the good news about the Christ. However, even if we or an angel out of heaven were to declare to you as good news something beyond the good news we declared to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, I now say again, Whoever is declaring to you as good news something beyond what you accepted, let him be accursed." - Galatians 1:7-9

*** it-1 p. 593 Day ***
There are times when the Hebrews used ‘day and night’ to mean only a portion of a solar day of 24 hours. For example, 1 Kings 12:5, 12 tells of Rehoboam’s asking Jeroboam and the Israelites to “go away for three days” and then return to him. That he did not mean three full 24-hour days but, rather, a portion of each of three days is seen by the fact that the people came back to him “on the third day.” At Matthew 12:40 the same meaning is given to the “three days and three nights” of Jesus’ stay in Sheol. As the record shows, he was raised to life on “the third day.” The Jewish priests clearly understood this to be the meaning of Jesus’ words, since, in their effort to block his resurrection, they quoted Jesus as saying: “After three days I am to be raised up,” and then they requested Pilate to issue a command for “the grave to be made secure until the third day.”—Mt 27:62-66; 28:1-6; note other examples in Ge 42:17, 18; Es 4:16; 5:1.

@Kolibri
Like what I said to BilliardsBall, tell me when Nisan 14 was a Friday during the time of Jesus.

We (plural) talk to a spirit who we call Ama. Ama is the Filipino word for father. When capitalized, it refers to God the Father. Most, if not all, of His listeners believe that He is the spirit of Jesus. What if the spirit who we talk to is Jesus Christ Himself?

1 John 4:1-3 advise the readers of the Holy Bible not to ignore ALL spirits, Listen. Discern. If the “spirit confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh,” then the spirit is of God. If not, then the spirit is not of God and is an anti-Christ.

 

[peacecrusader888]

Where is the proof that it was the year 33? In the year 30 Nisan 14 was on Thursday. If Jesus died on Wednesday afternoon He could have been in the tomb three whole days and nights. Why do people have to find a reason the Bible does not mean what it says? Maybe it really was three whole days and nights. It could easily fit if the year was 30 instead of 33.

@lostwanderingsoul
So do you believe that Jesus was crucified on Wednesday? April 3, 30 AD was a Wednesday. Yes, Jesus “could have been in the tomb three whole days and nights.” But there is a problem with a Wednesday crucifixion. Do you know what it is?

 

[lostwanderingsoul]

I did not say what I believe, only that it is possible. One problem with a Wednesday burial is that it is more than three days and nights until Sunday morning. Do you have others?

 

[Kolibri]

There may be a year of Christ's death issue here. There is a fixed year that we can use to determine other dates in Christian Greek Scriptures. It is found in Luke 3:1

"In the 15th year of the reign of Ti·be′ri·us Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Ju·de′a, Herod (That is, Herod Antipas.) was district ruler (Lit., "the tetrarch.") of Gal′i·lee, Philip his brother was district ruler of the country of It·u·rae′a and Trach·o·ni′tis, and Ly·sa′ni·as was district ruler of Ab·i·le′ne, in the days of chief priest An′nas and of Ca′ia·phas, God’s declaration came to John the son of Zech·a·ri′ah in the wilderness. So he went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching baptism in symbol of repentance for forgiveness of sins," - Luke 3:1-3

This 15th year of Tiberius Caesar, who was named emperor by the Roman Senate on September 15, 14 C.E. (Gregorian calendar), ran from late 28 C.E. into 29 C.E.
John the Baptizer began his preaching likely in the early part of 29 C.E. and perhaps about six months later, he baptized Jesus.

"Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus too was baptized. As he was praying, the heaven was opened up," - Luke 3:21
"When Jesus+ began his work, he was about 30 years old, being the son, as the opinion was, of Joseph, son of He′li," - Luke 3:23
"And look! Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son, (John the Baptizer) in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her, the so-called barren woman;" - Luke 1:36


This points to the Passover of 33 C.E. of being the year and date Jesus was put to death, not 30 C.E.

 

[peacecrusader888]

I did not say what I believe, only that it is possible. One problem with a Wednesday burial is that it is more than three days and nights until Sunday morning. Do you have others?

@lostwanderingsoul
A Wednesday crucifixion gives three day and three nights to a resurrection on Sunday morning. But it is not more than three days and three nights. I will tell you why I think it is not logically correct in a while. Meantime, I will show why it is so:
Wednesday – Jesus was crucified and died
Thursday night – first night in the sepulcher
Thursday day – first day in the sepulcher
Friday night – second night in the sepulcher
Friday day – second day in the sepulcher
Saturday night – third night in the sepulcher
Saturday day – third day in the sepulcher
Sunday night – resurrection of Jesus
Sunday day – early morning, discovered the missing corpse of Jesus

Now, why I think that it is not logically correct:
Saturday is the regular weekly sabbath of the Jews. The day before a sabbath is called Preparation Day which is Friday. On Preparation Day, the market is opened only in the morning, about sunrise until about noon. Mary Magdalene et al. could have bought the sweet spices in the morning and could have come to the sepulcher after buying the sweet spices. Why wait two days later, on Sunday?

 

[peacecrusader888]

There may be a year of Christ's death issue here. There is a fixed year that we can use to determine other dates in Christian Greek Scriptures. It is found in Luke 3:1

"In the 15th year of the reign of Ti·be′ri·us Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Ju·de′a, Herod (That is, Herod Antipas.) was district ruler (Lit., "the tetrarch.") of Gal′i·lee, Philip his brother was district ruler of the country of It·u·rae′a and Trach·o·ni′tis, and Ly·sa′ni·as was district ruler of Ab·i·le′ne, in the days of chief priest An′nas and of Ca′ia·phas, God’s declaration came to John the son of Zech·a·ri′ah in the wilderness. So he went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching baptism in symbol of repentance for forgiveness of sins," - Luke 3:1-3

This 15th year of Tiberius Caesar, who was named emperor by the Roman Senate on September 15, 14 C.E. (Gregorian calendar), ran from late 28 C.E. into 29 C.E.
John the Baptizer began his preaching likely in the early part of 29 C.E. and perhaps about six months later, he baptized Jesus.

"Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus too was baptized. As he was praying, the heaven was opened up," - Luke 3:21
"When Jesus+ began his work, he was about 30 years old, being the son, as the opinion was, of Joseph, son of He′li," - Luke 3:23
"And look! Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son, (John the Baptizer) in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her, the so-called barren woman;" - Luke 1:36

This points to the Passover of 33 C.E. of being the year and date Jesus was put to death, not 30 C.E.

@Kolibri
The Jewish lunisolar calendar has always maintained the Saturday sabbath. It has been adopted from the Babylonians when the Jews were exiled during the seventh century BC. When the Jewish calendar was reformed in 358/359 AD, there were changes in their time-keeping but the Saturday sabbath was maintained. The present Jewish calendar has been the same since its reformation.

The Julian calendar became the Christian calendar when Dionysius Exiguus introduced the concept of numbering years consecutively through the Christian Era. Hence, we have BC and AD. The following day after 1582-10-04 was 1582-10-15 tobring the calendar back in line to where it was set in 325 AD at the Council of Nicaea, and the Gregorian calendar was born. Please correct me if I am wrong.

There are problems as to the dates of the birth and death of Jesus, etc. in the Gregorian calendar. They will be addressed in the coming calendar.

 

[Kenny]

The Roman Catholic Church and some other religious groups believe that Jesus was crucified on a Friday (Good Friday) and resurrected on Sunday (Easter)? Are these correct?

I don't think so. Further study shows that there was a high Sabbath which can fall on any day of the week and not necessarily on a Friday. Time has a way to cause tradition to make God's word of none effect.

 

[Kolibri]

@Kolibri
The Jewish lunisolar calendar has always maintained the Saturday sabbath. It has been adopted from the Babylonians when the Jews were exiled during the seventh century BC. When the Jewish calendar was reformed in 358/359 AD, there were changes in their time-keeping but the Saturday sabbath was maintained. The present Jewish calendar has been the same since its reformation.

The Julian calendar became the Christian calendar when Dionysius Exiguus introduced the concept of numbering years consecutively through the Christian Era. Hence, we have BC and AD. The following day after 1582-10-04 was 1582-10-15 tobring the calendar back in line to where it was set in 325 AD at the Council of Nicaea, and the Gregorian calendar was born. Please correct me if I am wrong.

There are problems as to the dates of the birth and death of Jesus, etc. in the Gregorian calendar. They will be addressed in the coming calendar.

The Jews had many types of Sabbaths. Not just the weekly one.

1. the 7th day
2. the 7th year
3. the 50th year
4. Nisan 14 (Passover)
5. Nisan 15 (1st day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread)
6. Nisan 21 (last day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread)
7. Sivan 6 (Pentecost)
8. Ethanim 1
9. Ethanim 10 (Atonement Day)
10. Ethanim 15
11. Ethanim 22

I forget at the moment why 8,10, and 11 were set apart, but as you can see, none of 4-11 were tied to a specific day of the week. In the year Jesus died, the Bible indicates that that particular Passover was also the day of Presentation for a Great Sabbath, because the next day would be a Sabbath for 2 reasons (1 and 5). (John 19:14,31)

 

[Kolibri]

Hence, we have BC and AD.

I am sure much of the calendar shifting history you have there is correct. For clarity between references there is another way of writing B.C. and A.D. that uses B.C.E. and C.E instead. I do not know who coined B.C.E/C.E. but I understand a reason why some prefer it.

BC stands for Before Christ
AD stands for the Latin expression anno domini, which means “in the year of our Lord.”
BCE stands for Before our Common Era
CE stands for Common Era

The Romans had no zero number so the new calender went from 1 BC/BCE to 1 AD/CE. Since Jesus was not born in the year 1, and he did not actually get anointed as the Christ till his baptism, the year 1 AD/CE is not accurately the 'year of our Lord.'

There is even more confusion when people use AD to mean 'after death' as in after Jesus died. We start to wonder: which AD are they referring to? Potentially mixing the two becomes a real possibility, creating date approximation issues.

 

[peacecrusader888]

I don't think so. Further study shows that there was a high Sabbath which can fall on any day of the week and not necessarily on a Friday. Time has a way to cause tradition to make God's word of none effect.

@KenS
Jesus Christ was not crucified on a high sabbath but on Preparation Day of that high sabbath. That Preparation Day, as observed in most of the churches in the Christian world, is Good Friday.