The Crucifixion of Christ was on Wednesday not Friday -
By - Les Feldick
Somewhere along the line the church accepted the teaching of a Friday Crucifixion.
However, if we abide with scripture, Jesus had to be crucified on Wednesday and arose
sometime in the Saturday evening hours before the end of the Sabbath. When the women
met Christ early Sunday morning on the way to the tomb, the grave had been empty for
an unknown amount of time. We recognize Easter Sunday based on finding an empty tomb,
not the actual Resurrection. We maintain that the Resurrection is of equal importance
as the Crucifixion, because without it, Christ’s death accomplished nothing. Scripture
always trumps tradition. Keep this in mind as you hear preaching and teaching on Ash
Wednesday and Lent, which are not mentioned in our Bible, and Easter which is mentioned
only once.
First, it’s important to recognize that the Jewish day begins and ends at 6 P.M.
(sunset) with the daytime hours beginning at “First hour” from Dawn until 8 A.M
and lasting through the “Twelfth hour” of 6 P.M. to sunset, and that Nisan is the
months of March - April. Also, the six days of Passover were being observed,
culminating with the yearly High Sabbath (Leviticus 23) a three-day feast beginning
on Wednesday sunset. Below is a timeline of the events leading up to and including
the death, burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. We will use the account from
Matthew for the purpose of space, but you can read more detail from the other Gospels
as well.
14th Day of Nisan (our Tuesday sunset to Wednesday sunset) ~ Christ betrayed
(Matthew 26:14-25); Last supper (Matthew 26:26-29); Christ in the Garden of
Gethsemane (Matthew 26:30-46); Christ on trial (Matthew 26:57-68, 27:1-31); Our
Lord and Savior crucified (Matthew 27:32-50); Body of Christ quickly placed in
the tomb on Wednesday just before sunset (Matthew 27:57-66)
15th Day of Nisan (our Wednesday sunset to Thursday sunset) ~ The first day of the
feast and the first night and first day in the tomb.
16th Day of Nisan (our Thursday sunset to Friday sunset) ~ The second day of the
feast and the second night and second day in the tomb.
17th Day of Nisan (our Friday sunset to Saturday sunset) ~ The third day of the
feast, the weekly sabbath, and the third night and third day in the tomb, with
the Resurrection taking place on the Sabbath, around sunset on Saturday.
18th Day of Nisan (our Sunday morning after Sabbath) ~ The tomb found empty
(Matthew 28:1-8).
By this timeline, Christ spends three days and nights (nights and days) in the
tomb (Matthew 12:40), arose on the third day (1 Corinthians 15:4) and the tomb
found empty on Sunday morning.
Bullinger, E. W. “Appendix 156” Six Days Before the Passover, 1990, pg 181-182,
The Companion Bible, King James Version, Kregle, Inc.
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