WHEN WAS JESUS BURIED?
Now remember we have two fixed points — fixed by the Word of God. First, He was in the grave 72 hours.
Second, He rose Saturday evening at 6:00 P.M.
These are definite — no argument on them.
Countingback 72 hours from 6:00 P.M. Saturday places us at 6:00 P.M. Wednesday. If there was no other evidence other than the above fixed points I would be forced to say He as buried at exactly 6:00 P.M. Wednesday evening.
In our terms He was in the grave three nights —Wednesday night — Thursday night — Friday night.
And also three days — Thursday — Friday — Saturday — the full 72 hours.
Later on in the “Ten Eventful Days” — I will give more proof concerning the day on which He was crucified but just now let us look at the Word concerning His death and burial. Mark 15:25 tells us He was crucified at the third hour.
This was 9:00 A.M. when they put Him on the cross. Matthew 27:45-50, Luke 23:44-46 make it clear that He died about the ninth hour which was 3:00 P.M.
This left only three hours until the High Passover Sabbath began at 6:00 P.M.
Let us note the events of these three hours. Some of this three hours was consumed in the Jews request and Pilate’s order to break the legs of those crucified (Jn. 19:30-37). Then Joseph came and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate had to make sure of the centurion that Jesus was dead. Then Joseph had to buy the linen, take Jesus down and prepare Him for burial (Mk. 15:42-46).
All of this consumed time — and there were only three hours to begin with. Read carefully John 19:41-42 and you readily see Joseph had to rush. The Jews “preparation day” — the 14th — was coming to a close. The 15th — the High Passover Sabbath — was about to begin — at 6:00 P.M.
He had to be buried and buried quickly.
His body was placed in the tomb in the garden because it “was nigh at hand.” There was no time to bury Him anywhere else. The open mind can readily see that He was buried in the last minutes of the day — even at 6:00 P.M. on Wednesday. From 6:00 P.M. Wednesday to 6:00 P.M. Saturday — 72 hours.
Read carefully Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56.
If you read these with an open mind you will be fully convinced that only Joseph claimed the body — took it down — wrapped it in linen cloth —
and buried it. Nicodemus was not present that evening. The time was so short Joseph did not have time to prepare the body according to Jewish custom.
Joseph did not use any spices in the burial. Note carefully Luke 23:50-56.
The women observed this and that is the reason they prepared the spices and brought them to the tomb Sunday morning. Note Luke 23:56. The women returned and prepared the spices. These women could not prepare these spices that night or the next day for it was the High Sabbath. Then they must have prepared them Friday.
Saturday was a regular Sabbath and they could not anoint His body that day. So Sunday was the time they came. The Greek word rendered linen or linen cloth in these passages means a “sleeping garment.” The same word is used in Mark 14:51-52 and rendered linen cloth.
In haste Joseph simply wrapped the body in the new linen cloth — which was not the Jewish custom in burial. Matthew Mark and Luke record the temporary burial of Jesus by Joseph alone. Now study carefully John 19:38- 42. Sometime after Wednesday evening — and it surely
must have been Friday — Nicodemus joined Joseph and “They” (You do not find the plural word in other gospels — there it is “He” not “They.”) prepared the body of our Lord for final burial. Nicodemus furnished a hundred pounds of spices for this.
The Greek word for linen clothes in verse 40 is different from that in the other gospels. It means “burial bandages.” Note verse 40 which reads, “Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.” But
what was the Jew’s manner of burial?
They used narrow strips of linen cloth and wrapped or wound the body with the spices which was a gummy substance. When they finished it was much as if the body has been wound in “adhesive tape.” Such preparation of a body required time — time, which Joseph did not have Wednesday
evening.
After Christ rose it was seeing these undisturbed “burial bandages” that made John the first believer in His resurrection (See John 20:1-10).
I am confident this final preparation was made Friday — the day between the two Sabbaths. If someone objects because the tomb was then under guard by the soldiers, then just remember both Joseph and Nicodemus were very prominent Jews. Both men were members of the Jewish Counsel. Besides the tomb belonged to Joseph. These men could have enjoyed any favor from Pilate of the soldiers.
The Roman guard was only to make sure His body was not taken away from the tomb (Mt. 27:62- 66). The women knew the way He was buried
Wednesday evening (Luke 23:50-56) but I am sure they did not know of this final preparation by Joseph and Nicodemus. Had they known it they would not have brought their spices to the grave Sunday morning.
May I answer one more question. It was lawful for the two women to go to the tomb Saturday evening — on the Sabbath — but they could not anoint His body on the Sabbath.
After the Sabbath ended at 6:00 P.M. it was too late to do this. So, they came only to see — and the next morning they brought the spices — spices they never used — for He was already risen from the dead.
THE TEN EVENTFUL DAYS
I plead for a careful study of the order of events inthese days.
I. Friday, Nisan the 9th.
John 12:1. Jesus came to Bethany “six days before the passover.” He came from Jericho (Mk. 10:46-11:1).
This Scripture definitely fixes the date when He came to Jerusalem for the last week. “Six days before the
passover.” The lamb was eaten on the 14th but the 15th — the High Sabbath — was the day called the “Passover.” He was crucified Wednesday — but Thursday the 15th was the “Passover.” Counting back six days from the 15th and you have the 9th. So He came to Bethany — near Jerusalem — on Friday, Nisan 9th.
II. Saturday, Nisan 10th — a regular Sabbath.< # From Michael James Stone This would be suspect as Jesus would not ride on the Sabbath, so as everyone can make an error and still have a major premise correct, I suspect this “idea” of the Author was an after thought as he offers no facts for the change, but makes accurate presentation on the Wednesday claim----often in the “heat” of a revelation or thought, a scholar will interject a personal thought that later proves untrue, even though their original idea was accurate. This addition of Saturday is Provably Wrong, but Wednesday right.
John 12:12-19 “The next day” — the next day after He came to Bethany. This day He entered Jerusalem riding the ass and the people spread palm branches before Him. Note — this was not “Palm Sunday” but palm Saturday. That day He entered Jerusalem and also the Temple. In the Temple He “looked around about” but did not cleanse it — Why? It was the Sabbath and the money changers were not at work (Read Mk. 11:1-11). He did
not enter Jerusalem in the so-called “Triumphal Entry” on Sunday but on Saturday. Remember this.
III. Sunday, Nisan 11th — the first day of the week.
Mark 11:12-19 gives His days work very clearly. Verses 12-14. He cursed the barren fig tree. Verses 15-19. He went into Jerusalem and cleansed the Temple.
Verse 19. In the evening He went out of the city — watch this.
IV. Monday, Nisan 12th. Mark 11:20 to 14:11 gives a record of this day. “In the morning” (11:20 — after events of 11:12-19). “They
came to Jerusalem” (11:27). There He taught and answered questions. Went out to Mount of Olives and gave the “Olivet Discourse (13). 14:1-11. “After two days was the feast of the Passover and Unleavened bread.” This is important — it fixes this day as Monday.
After two days — after Tuesday and Wednesday — would be Thursday — the High Sabbath — the day called the “Passover.”
V. Tuesday Nisan 13th.
Mark 14:12-16. “The first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the Passover.” This fixes this day as Tuesday the 13th. The day when all leaven was put out in preparation for eating the lamb that night (Ex. 12:4-8). The lambs were always killed in the late afternoon of the
13th and eaten in the early hours of the night — after 6:00 P.M. when the 14th began. On this Tuesday the disciples asked Him concerning their eating of the Passover and He told them. They went and made ready
he Passover for Him — and them.
VI. Wednesday, Nisan 14th — The Crucifixion day.
Mark 14:17 to 15:47. The events of this day. 14:17 “In the evening” He ate the Passover (Lev. 23:5) — “When the hour was come” (Lk. 22:14-18) — the hour for eating Passover. He always kept the Law in every detail. After this He instituted the “Lord’s Supper” — then went to the garden where He was arrested. His trial continued through the night. The next day Pilate delivered Him for crucifixion. He was put on a cross about 9:00 A.M. and died about 3:00 P.M. He was buried about 6:00 P.M. of the same day. All of this took place on Wednesday the 14th.
VII. Thursday, Nisan 15th — the High Passover
Sabbath.
Leviticus 23:5-7; Numbers 28:16-19. This 15th — the day following the eating of the lamb — the 14th — was always a High Sabbath. This High Sabbath began at 6:00 P.M. That is the reason they rushed the crucifixion and burial of our Lord. Remember, this was always a Sabbath regardless of what day of the week it came on. God only records one thing that took place on this Special Sabbath day — the Jewish leaders asked for
and received the Roman guard about the tomb (Mt. 27:62- 66) — but the Roman guard could not keep Him. On this High Sabbath when the nation professed to keep the law the Great Lawgiver’s body lay in the tomb.
VIII. Friday, Nisan 16th.
This was an ordinary day — between Thursday the Passover Sabbath and Saturday the regular Sabbath. As already said in this study I am sure it was on this day the women prepared their spices for His body. Also sure it was this day Joseph and Nicodemus prepared His body for final burial — after the manner of the Jews.
IX. Saturday, Nisan 17th — A Regular Seventh-day
Sabbath.
God’s Word is also silent on this day until we come to the very last minutes — and Matthew 28:1-8 records this. At the very end of the Sabbath — as the First Day of the week dawned — at 6:00 P.M. the two women came — not to prepare His body — but to see the tomb.
But His three days and three nights — His 72 hours in the grave are over and He rises at the very minute. The angel rolls back the stone and announces His resurrection. But even after all they saw (Mt. 28:1-8) these women did not believe He was risen from the dead (Jn. 20:11-
18). That He had actually risen from the dead was hard for them to believe. Even after Peter looked in the tomb and saw the grave clothes he “wondered in himself” (Lk. 24:12). God’s Word is plain to every open mind (Mt. 28:1-8). Jesus rose at the end of the Sabbath — at
6:00 P.M. Saturday evening instead of Sunday morning. There was no “resurrection morning” with Him.
X. Sunday, Nisan 18th — The First Day of the Week.
We repeat Matthew records the visit of the women on Saturday evening and does not mention their visit Sunday morning. Mark, Luke and John record their visit Sunday morning and do not mention their visit Saturday evening. As already said they went to properly prepare His body for burial. I am definitely sure they did not know this had been done by Joseph and Nicodemus. They found the grave open — two angels present — but His body gone. As you carefully read the record you will be convinced the Roman soldiers were not there Sunday morning. After the earthquake, etc. of Matthew 28:1-8 the soldiers quickly reported it all to the chief priests (Mt. 28:9-15). These soldiers were highly paid to tell a lie about His resurrection and relieved from this watch.
It all “fits together” when you “rightly divide” it.
This first Sunday was filled with many wonderful things — read the four gospels. The crucified but risen Lord Jesus Christ appeared to His own that day — He died — but He lives.
If this study has been a blessing to you — give God the glory. Thank
# there are a few speculations in this, one or two suppositions likely wrong, but the main emphasis of Wednesday is correct and provable. This is published by me in contradiction to Jack Kelley and Bible Prophecy Today interpreting the scriptures as opposed to accurately portraying Bible Prophecy as it is: Accurate and Fulfilled in Jesus.
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