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When responding to the Pharisees, why do you suppose the Messiah made the specific point that He would be in the "heart of the earth" for 3 days and 3 nights?

Poll - What is the meaning of the "heart of the earth" in Matthew 12:40?

In accordance with with a CF member's suggestion, I'm starting a new topic with the correct title and description. The Messiah said that He would be three days and three nights in the "heart of the earth". There are some who think that the crucifixion took place on the 6th day of the week...

Acts 10:30 has Cornelius saying "Four days ago I was fasting until this hour;..." We don't know what day it was, but let's say for the purpose of this question that it was a Thursday when he made the statement. To what day of the week would you think he was referring?

You are a contestant on a game show. There are three curtains. Behind one of the curtains is a new car. You are asked to choose one of the curtains. Lets say that you choose curtain #1. The host of the show - who knows where the car is so as not to end the game prematurely - opens curtain #3 and...

Lum: Where is the first cigarette mentioned in the KJV? Abner: I don't know, where? Lum: In Genesis 24:64 where is says that Rebekah lit off a camel.

A poster on another board, the topic of which was questioning the authenticity of the last 12 verses in the book of Mark, wrote that it doesn’t really matter because there is no doctrinal teaching in Mark 16:9-20 that cannot be proved elsewhere in agreed Scripture. 　 I made the mistake...

Does anyone know of an online concordance to the Septuagint?

A number of folks on these boards are saying or at least implying that they can consciously CHOOSE to believe things. If you are one of them perhaps one of you can help me. I have never been able to consciously CHOOSE any of the beliefs that I have and I would like to be able to do that - for...

　 Matthew 28:1-10 says that when Mary Magdalene went to the tomb that she was told by an angel that the Messiah had risen and would be seen in Galilee. Matthew then says that she ran "with great joy" to tell the disciples and while on the way that she met the Messiah (this occurred before...

In the United States, most Christians say that they observe Sunday, the first day of the week, at least in part, to commemorate the resurrection which they believe took place on the first day of the week. Does anyone know, in those areas of Europe that use a calendar that labels the seventh day...

Does anyone know of a published author who has used Mark 16:9 to support a first day of the week resurrection which in turn is used - at least in part - to justify the establishment of the first day of the week as a special day for rest and worship?

From time to time people on religious forums ask Sabbatarians how they know that the seventh day today is the same seventh day that the Messiah kept. I wonder if anyone has any documentation that shows that the seven day cycle has been interrupted at anytime since New Testament times?

Could someone please reconcile a Friday crucifixion with Matthew 12:40 and Luke 24:21?