Friday the 13th and where it came...

Another correction ...
I know tradition and religion puts it on Thursday ....but
The Bible places it at sunset Monday Nisan 12 and beginning Tuesday Nisan 13.

Panthers said:

Interesting, care to elaborate?

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Your request is not as long as it appears ….I included the two entries at the bottom (separate) after my explanation of the days because they are mentioned.



The significance of the days may seem miniscule when you weigh this in the balance of what was accomplished on the cross …. But since God thought this important enough to have it recorded in his Word….…. it is important.



A Sign

Mat 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

There are many scripture (19) that give reference to Jesus being raised the third day …. but this account in Matthew ….. Jesus states that He would be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. That was the sign to the unbelieving scribes and Pharisees to whom He was speaking.

Whenever the term day or night is used singularly in the Bible it can mean all or part of a day or evening (night). But the term night (evening) and day together always indicates a 24 hour period. In Gen 1:5, 8,13,19,&23 …. God sets the standard for a full day… of which Jesus was fully aware of as noted in John 11:9.

There are those who try to qualify Jesus’s statement of 3 days and 3 nights with their own twisting and reference to an idiom … The problem is --- they are trying to qualify man’s tradition to fit their belief …but it doesn’t work that way. God sets the standard for truth …not man! …..Man can be right and they can be wrong…. the only way to verify what man states…. is to check it with what God says. My personal belief…. the things I was taught… are irrelevant if they do not line up with the Word of God …and for me…. the Word is the final authority for Truth.

We can track the precise day that Jesus was crucified by counting forward or backward. Forward from John 12:1 or backward from the Passover (which is Nisan 14) or The feast of unleavened bread which was Nisan 15 ....at sunset of the 14th….. (as that is when the next day begins.)

Passover is the 14th but the Passover meal is eaten at the beginning of the 15th (evening). The feast of unleavened bread lasts for 7 days and the first day (Thursday 15th) and last day (Wednesday 21st) of the feast are high days (special sabbaths) as dictated by God → Num 28:18 and Num 28:25 . A special sabbath is different from the weekly sabbath which falls on Saturday. A special sabbath would be like when Christmas (which is always celebrated on 12/25) fell on a Wednesday …it would a special sabbath …but does not negate the weekly sabbath on our Sunday. The special sabbath (high day) for the first day of the feast of unleavened bread (Thursday Nisan 15) is noted in John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) …



Days

6 days before the Passover. (Scripture not listed.... but I will provided scripture for each day if requested)

John 12:1 Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom He raised from the dead.

We know from the Word that Passover was on the 14th of Nisan (formally called Abid)

Num 28:16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the LORD.

17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.



Thursday Nisan 8 - six days before Passover.

Friday Nisan 9 - Jesus makes his first entry into Jerusalem (on an ass's colt.)

Saturday Nisan 10 - weekly sabbath / second entry into Jerusalem (ass and a colt) /the Passover lamb is selected

(For more on the two entries…. see below)


Sunday Nisan 11 - first day of the week /Jesus taught in Temple confronted by Sadducees, Pharisees & Herodians.

Monday Nisan 12 – Dinner at Simon the Leper / Jesus sends Peter & John to secure a place for Passover

Tuesday Nisan 13 – Last supper (not Passover) / garden of Gethsemane / Jesus taken by solders possibly around 9 or 10 pm…. interrogated and tortured throughout the night and day of the 13th.

Wednesday Nisan 14 – Interrogation and torture continued late into the evening of the 14 and crucified at 9am on the morning of the 14th (nearly 40 hours of interrogation and torture.) / Jesus gave His life up at 3 pm (our time). He was wrapped in a linen by Joseph of Arimathea and placed in the tomb provided by Joseph. Shortly afterwards (sometime before sunset) Nicodemus came with the myrrh and aloes and did the grave wrappings on Jesus.

Thursday Nisan 15 - High day special sabbath. (unleavened bread) No work to be done

Friday Nisan 16 women buy the spices to perform proper burial “unaware of Nicodemus’s prior actions”.

Saturday Nisan 17 weekly sabbath No work to be done God raises Jesus sometime before sunset 72 hours

Sunday Nisan 18 - Mary sees Jesus



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Two different entries that Jesus had into Jerusalem

There is a biblical aspect to the donkeys that Jesus rode ….one in judgment (Friday Nisan 9) and the other as King (Saturday Nisan 10)

Following is both entries that took place. There are several differences between the two entries, I have mentioned a few, but it is not exhaustive. All scripture is linked KJV to save space….you will need to read those to see how this unfolds.



First entry into Jerusalem

The 9th of Nisan (Friday) 5 days before Passover (as per John 12:1)

Jhn 12:12-19, Luk 19:29-44, Mar 11:1-11

This is the first entry into Jerusalem. Only one animal …an ass’s colt was involved.

In eastern culture a ruler riding on an ass’s colt was indicative of judgment

Jdg 5:10, Jdg 10:3&4, Jdg 12:13&14



Understanding eastern culture.

In the east…. animals were donated to the temple for God’s service…. and were kept in a special place. These temple animals were usually in a stable on the outskirts of town where they were always ready for temple use. They could be used by any holy man in service to the Lord, as they were gifts to God according to biblical culture.

The first entry was an assessment to pass judgment. The last word in Luk 19:44 is visitation = (episkopē)… meaning “inspection, overlooking”



Jesus’s second entry… the next day

Mar 11:12&13 makes this Nisan 10 (Saturday)



Mat 21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

Mat 21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.



On his second entry Jesus rode in on an ass and a colt ….the significance of which prophesied in Zec 9:9

9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Mat 21:4-7

The entry of the previous day…. involve the rejoicing of the disciples and the multitude of bystanders attracted by the news that the man who raised Lazarus from the dead is coming.

In the second entry…. the entire city responded and questioned, who is this?....

Mat 21:10 says all the city was moved…….. Unwittingly, the onlooker in Jerusalem were witnessing God’s selection of Jesus as the final Passover lamb. Notably, it is on the 10th of Nisan, which is the day designated to select the Passover lamb. How remarkable that Israel was seeing the perfect lamb….. the one without spot in blemish.

On this second entry, He went to the temple again as He had the previous day. However, He did not simply look around and go back to Bethany, this time He overthrew the merchant tables and taught the people. ( Mat 21:12&13)



In Mar 11:15 ....the second entry is noted, but without details. However Mar 11:15-17 does record the incident with the money changers..

The gospel of Luke does not mention the second entry …..although it does record this incident with the money changers immediately following the account of the first entry in Luk 19:45&46….

{By studying the gospels together…. with the principle of the narrative development, one can understand that the passage in Luke covers events over a period longer than a single day. Recording events that occur over a long period of time without relating the time factors involved is characteristic of the gospels, especially Luke.}

The market was a lucrative business for both the merchants and the religious leaders of the temple. The sin to which Jesus objected was not that lucrative commerce was conducted in the temple area…. but rather the corruption and hypocrisy involved the selling of second rated goods at first rate prices…….the temple market had become a dishonest den of thieves. Jesus was not in any way cruel or physically abusive to these men and He did not whip any of the merchants…. He did overthrow their tables.

To sell polluted bread and crippled animals for offerings to the Lord was a complete contradiction to the Word of God which specified that only the best of animals was to be offered.

Panthers said:

you took a speck of silver and made a mountain of gold.
there is lots of gold in what you say.
I don't know where to start or where to put it all.

I would like to add that the 3 days and 3 nights appears to come from the first 3 to 3 1/2 days of creation,
where there was first, 3 days of night; as the sun wasn't made until midway day 4. (3-3.5 days)

The modern calendar we have today is sacrilegious IMHO,
It is Roman, the days and months are named after Roman God's.

hence, I came up with a new naming system.

The months are named after the disciples (-Judas Iscarrot) and the days are named after the colors.

Sunday = Yellow
Monday = Orange
Tuesday = Red
Wednesday = Purple
Thursday = Indigo
Friday = Blue
Saturday = Green

Old habits die hard though.

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Nice ….

The is much carryover from some not so scriptural things that are incorporated into today’s society and religious beliefs.

I primarily blame the gospel synopsis (harmony) for much of the distorted events of the gospels, of which there are about 9 in total.
I believe it was Tatian in the 2nd century who came up with the first harmony, and since then there is around 27 accepted harmonies, none of which agree. In addition to the fact that they have to leave out or dismiss some scripture to make them harmonize. That is what we get when man tries to overthink God.