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The Bible actually stated He arose from the dead in the early hours of the sabbath. The Sabbath was on a Saturday, not a Sunday.
Nope.
Matthew 28:1
28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
Mark 16:1-3
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
Luke 24:1
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day after the resurrection. The Jews counted partial days as a day, so three days does not mean 72 hours like it does for us moderns.
Day 1 - Jesus was in the tomb on late Friday afternoon just before sundown (when the Sabbath would begin).
Day 2 - Saturday
Day 3 - Raised sometime after sundown on Saturday (when the Sabbath ended and the first day began).
Matthew 28:1
28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went
to look at the tomb.
Mat 28:1 Now it is the evening of the sabbaths. At the lighting up into one of the sabbaths came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to behold the sepulcher.
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Mark 16:1-3
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
And, for the elapsing of the sabbath, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, buy
spices, that, coming, they should be rubbing Him." And, very early in the morning on one of the
sabbaths, they are coming to the tomb at the rising of the sun." And they said to themselves, "Who will
be rolling away the stone for us out of the door of the tomb? (Mar 16:1-3)
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Luke 24:1
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
Luk 24:1 Now in the early depths of one of the sabbaths, they, and certain others together with them, came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they make ready."
"First day of the week" is not in any Greek texts from which we get our New Testament.
Call it Happy Resurrection Day, I like that better.
Easter means Resurrection of Spring Not Christ.
Jesus commissioned only a remembrance of his day of death - Luke 22 v 19 - Not his resurrection.
As a wedding anniversary does Not always fall on a Friday, so called ' Good Friday' can Not always fall on a Friday.
That would mean the day of resurrection would Not always fall on the same day of the week.
For Christians Jesus replaced the Jewish Passover with a remembrance of his death. The Jews used a Lunar Calender and the day of death for Jesus would be the Jewish month of Nisan the 14th day. So, even today the annual anniversary of Jesus death would be more closely connected to the Jewish Passover and Not the non-biblical Easter.
"First day of the week" is not in any Greek texts from which we get our New Testament.
Not being a Greek scholar, I could not say why the writers used cardinal numbers here, but the "experts" all translate it as if they were ordinal numbers. Perhaps someone more proficient can help us here. At any rate, "Sabbaths" was used to designate the time between sabbaths or a week, and the context surely shows that the usage intended "first day of the week" simply because if it were another Sabbath, why would they have waited to perform the work required?
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