John Kilopascal wrote in USMA 23037:
First, of all the Bible does say that Jesus was dead 3 days. Yet, there is only 1.5 days between a Friday afternoon and a Sunday morning.
No it does not. Matthew 28;63 "that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again". Luke 24:7 "The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again". The 3 days were, in our language, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
The hang-up that Kilopascal has is that he forgets that in French and German a week is counted as eight days, and a fortnight in English is 15 days in French and German. I suspect that the same is true of other languages
Joseph B. Reid
17 Glebe Road West
Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
