2002-11-03 I never heard of a week being 8 days in German. when does the week start and the week end?
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-11-03 19:13 Subject: [USMA:23095] Re: Question about date format -- OFF TOPIC > 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 >
