Subject: even (ereb - Hebrew) also translated -evening
In discussing as to when was the body of our Lord Jesus Christ taken down
from the cross and put into the cave. These verses help us understand,
that a dead body hung needs to be taken down before sunset - or "even" =
evening. It was a part of the custom of the law.
To fully understand this, we need to know what the meaning of the sixth
hour
and ninth hour and eleventh hour means according to the understanding. If
one was to keep this very simple. The day time hours are according to the
sunrise and sunset. At this time , sunrise would be approx. 6 am, and thus 7 am
would be the first hour of sunrise. So the third hour would be 9 am, and
the sixth hour would be high noon, and the ninth hour would be 3 pm in the
afternoon, and the eleventh hour would be 5 pm in the afternoon, and thus
the 12 th hour would be 6 pm the beginning of sunset, the end or "even" of
the end of the day and the begining of the evening hours.
In Matthew 20:1 thru 16 we see the hired labourers who some go early in
the day and work all day, and some who were not hired until the end of the day
drew near. And they were payed the same penny for their labour. In this
parable we see five different times of hiring people to go into the
vineyard. #1 - early , which was about 6 am in the morning, and # 2 -
about
the third hour , which is about 9 am in the morning , and #3 - he did
likewise at the sixth hour , and #4 - also at the ninth hour. And the
last group that he hired #5 - was at the eleventh hour , or about 5 pm.
They were standing idle all day because no one would hire them. So when
"even" was come, which was about 6 pm the lord of the vineyard told the
steward to pay them from the last to the first. The last received just as
much as the first received - a penny.
After reading this record we have established the times of the day, and
"even" = evening, was at 6 pm. Now we turn to the time that Jesus died,
we
turn to Matthew 27:45 & 46 - "Now from the sixth hour ( high noon ) there
was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour ( 3 pm )." " And about
the ninth hour ( 3 pm - approx. ) Jesus cried with a loud voice , saying "
etc. Verse 50 - " Jesus , when he had cried again with a loud voice ,
yielded up the ghost". If you read between verses 46 and verse 50 we
conclude that he died from between the ninth hour and the eleventh hour
before sunset. That would be between 3 pm and 5 pm.
Now we come to the time in which Joseph takes down the Lord's body.
Matthew
27:57 - "When the "even" = evening was come ( approx 6 pm ) , there came a
rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph , who also himself was Jesus
disciple"
Verse 58 - "He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate
commanded the body to be delivered."
Verse 59 - "And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean
linen cloth"
Verse 60 - "And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the
rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre , and
departed"
Starting at "even" or 6pm Joseph first begged for the body, and then took
the body and put the body of the Lord Jesus Christ ,and put it in the tomb
(cave). All this took place between the hours of the "even" = evening ---
of 6pm and 9 pm. The custom of the law , was that a dead body must not
be
allowed to be left on the tree all night, and should be taken down . 6
pm
is the beginning of the "even" = evening, but the sun had not full set by
the beginning of the "even".
We can read of this custom of the law, in Deuteronomy 21:22 & 23 - "And if a
man have committed a sin worthy of death , and he be to be put to death ,
and thou hang him on a tree : His body shall not remain all night upon
the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day"
We can also see this again in Joshua 10:26 & 27 - "And afterward Joshua
smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees : and they were
hanging upon the trees until the evening ( which would be approx 6 pm ).
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun ( which is
from
6 pm until complete darkness of the sun going down - or approx 9 pm) ,
that
Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees , and cast them into
the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the mouth,
which remain until this very day"
By these records, Joseph who took the body of the Lord, according to the
custom of the law, took the body of the Lord from between 6 pm and the total
darkness of the sun going down - approx 9 pm, and put the body in the tomb
(cave ). Because it was not to reamin on the tree all night ( Deut.
21:23 ).
Jesus Christ told his disciples , that he would be in the heart of the
earth
like Jonah was in the belly of the whale for three days and three nights.
He was put in the heart of the earth from sometime between 6 pm and 9 pm and
after three days and three nights he was raised from the dead. He then
rose after these three days and three nights, sometime between 6 pm and 9 pm
on Saturday "even" - evening.
There are different Sabbath's, and Saturday was a sabbath day of rest - The Lord's sabbath day of rest.
The "end" of the Lord's Sabbath day of rest is after the evening - "even" of the day
of rest. That "even" = evening was Saturday night. Sunrise starts the
beginning of the first day of the week.
In Matthew 28:1 it tells us - "In the end of the sabbath, as it began to
dawn, toward the first day of the week", "came Mary Magdalene and the other
Mary to see the sepulchre".
It was "the end of the sabbath" -- which means , it was the end of the Lord's Sabbath day of rest. "The end of the Lord's Sabbath" day of rest is at the
end of the "even" = evening hours. Approx 6 am is the beginning of the
first day of the week, but the two Mary's came when it was still dark,
before the first day of the week began, because it was still "the end of
the Lord's Sabbath" day of rest. And he was already risen ! !
In Luke 24:1 - 7 we see them come at the end of the Lord's Sabbath day of rest and
they found the stone rolled away, and they entered the into the tomb, and
found not the body of the Lord Jesus Christ. They saw two men ( angels )
and these told the two Mary's in verse 7 - "Saying, The Son of man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified , and the third
day rise again"
So , when is the "third day" ? The end of the "third day" occured during the
"even"
= evening of the third day of his death, which was Saturday the Lord's Sabbath day
of rest. After the Lord's Sabbath day of rest is coming to a close, the two Mary's
came to bring the spices and ointments to put on the Lord's body, but this
was to be done after the Lord's Sabbath day of rest.
We pick up this record in Luke 23:54 - 56 - "And they returned , and
prepared spices and ointments ; and "rested" the sabbath day = Saturday (seventh day - the Lord's Sabbath day of rest)
according to the commandment"
This "even" = evening is between 6 pm and 9 pm is when God raised the Lord
Jesus from the dead, and he was not to see corruption, so he could "not" had
been in the tomb ( cave ) another moment , because he would have started his
fourth day, which then he would have started to corrupt. The fourth day from
his death, was the "first day of the week" , and he was already risen ! !
Love IN Christ - Hervey
In discussing as to when was the body of our Lord Jesus Christ taken down
from the cross and put into the cave. These verses help us understand,
that a dead body hung needs to be taken down before sunset - or "even" =
evening. It was a part of the custom of the law.
To fully understand this, we need to know what the meaning of the sixth
hour
and ninth hour and eleventh hour means according to the understanding. If
one was to keep this very simple. The day time hours are according to the
sunrise and sunset. At this time , sunrise would be approx. 6 am, and thus 7 am
would be the first hour of sunrise. So the third hour would be 9 am, and
the sixth hour would be high noon, and the ninth hour would be 3 pm in the
afternoon, and the eleventh hour would be 5 pm in the afternoon, and thus
the 12 th hour would be 6 pm the beginning of sunset, the end or "even" of
the end of the day and the begining of the evening hours.
In Matthew 20:1 thru 16 we see the hired labourers who some go early in
the day and work all day, and some who were not hired until the end of the day
drew near. And they were payed the same penny for their labour. In this
parable we see five different times of hiring people to go into the
vineyard. #1 - early , which was about 6 am in the morning, and # 2 -
about
the third hour , which is about 9 am in the morning , and #3 - he did
likewise at the sixth hour , and #4 - also at the ninth hour. And the
last group that he hired #5 - was at the eleventh hour , or about 5 pm.
They were standing idle all day because no one would hire them. So when
"even" was come, which was about 6 pm the lord of the vineyard told the
steward to pay them from the last to the first. The last received just as
much as the first received - a penny.
After reading this record we have established the times of the day, and
"even" = evening, was at 6 pm. Now we turn to the time that Jesus died,
we
turn to Matthew 27:45 & 46 - "Now from the sixth hour ( high noon ) there
was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour ( 3 pm )." " And about
the ninth hour ( 3 pm - approx. ) Jesus cried with a loud voice , saying "
etc. Verse 50 - " Jesus , when he had cried again with a loud voice ,
yielded up the ghost". If you read between verses 46 and verse 50 we
conclude that he died from between the ninth hour and the eleventh hour
before sunset. That would be between 3 pm and 5 pm.
Now we come to the time in which Joseph takes down the Lord's body.
Matthew
27:57 - "When the "even" = evening was come ( approx 6 pm ) , there came a
rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph , who also himself was Jesus
disciple"
Verse 58 - "He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate
commanded the body to be delivered."
Verse 59 - "And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean
linen cloth"
Verse 60 - "And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the
rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre , and
departed"
Starting at "even" or 6pm Joseph first begged for the body, and then took
the body and put the body of the Lord Jesus Christ ,and put it in the tomb
(cave). All this took place between the hours of the "even" = evening ---
of 6pm and 9 pm. The custom of the law , was that a dead body must not
be
allowed to be left on the tree all night, and should be taken down . 6
pm
is the beginning of the "even" = evening, but the sun had not full set by
the beginning of the "even".
We can read of this custom of the law, in Deuteronomy 21:22 & 23 - "And if a
man have committed a sin worthy of death , and he be to be put to death ,
and thou hang him on a tree : His body shall not remain all night upon
the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day"
We can also see this again in Joshua 10:26 & 27 - "And afterward Joshua
smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees : and they were
hanging upon the trees until the evening ( which would be approx 6 pm ).
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun ( which is
from
6 pm until complete darkness of the sun going down - or approx 9 pm) ,
that
Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees , and cast them into
the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the mouth,
which remain until this very day"
By these records, Joseph who took the body of the Lord, according to the
custom of the law, took the body of the Lord from between 6 pm and the total
darkness of the sun going down - approx 9 pm, and put the body in the tomb
(cave ). Because it was not to reamin on the tree all night ( Deut.
21:23 ).
Jesus Christ told his disciples , that he would be in the heart of the
earth
like Jonah was in the belly of the whale for three days and three nights.
He was put in the heart of the earth from sometime between 6 pm and 9 pm and
after three days and three nights he was raised from the dead. He then
rose after these three days and three nights, sometime between 6 pm and 9 pm
on Saturday "even" - evening.
There are different Sabbath's, and Saturday was a sabbath day of rest - The Lord's sabbath day of rest.
The "end" of the Lord's Sabbath day of rest is after the evening - "even" of the day
of rest. That "even" = evening was Saturday night. Sunrise starts the
beginning of the first day of the week.
In Matthew 28:1 it tells us - "In the end of the sabbath, as it began to
dawn, toward the first day of the week", "came Mary Magdalene and the other
Mary to see the sepulchre".
It was "the end of the sabbath" -- which means , it was the end of the Lord's Sabbath day of rest. "The end of the Lord's Sabbath" day of rest is at the
end of the "even" = evening hours. Approx 6 am is the beginning of the
first day of the week, but the two Mary's came when it was still dark,
before the first day of the week began, because it was still "the end of
the Lord's Sabbath" day of rest. And he was already risen ! !
In Luke 24:1 - 7 we see them come at the end of the Lord's Sabbath day of rest and
they found the stone rolled away, and they entered the into the tomb, and
found not the body of the Lord Jesus Christ. They saw two men ( angels )
and these told the two Mary's in verse 7 - "Saying, The Son of man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified , and the third
day rise again"
So , when is the "third day" ? The end of the "third day" occured during the
"even"
= evening of the third day of his death, which was Saturday the Lord's Sabbath day
of rest. After the Lord's Sabbath day of rest is coming to a close, the two Mary's
came to bring the spices and ointments to put on the Lord's body, but this
was to be done after the Lord's Sabbath day of rest.
We pick up this record in Luke 23:54 - 56 - "And they returned , and
prepared spices and ointments ; and "rested" the sabbath day = Saturday (seventh day - the Lord's Sabbath day of rest)
according to the commandment"
This "even" = evening is between 6 pm and 9 pm is when God raised the Lord
Jesus from the dead, and he was not to see corruption, so he could "not" had
been in the tomb ( cave ) another moment , because he would have started his
fourth day, which then he would have started to corrupt. The fourth day from
his death, was the "first day of the week" , and he was already risen ! !
Love IN Christ - Hervey
