Bible Questions & Answers
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Each answered question will include a Scripture reference for the question. I urge you to read all scriptures from your Bible accepting only what the Bible teaches.
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QUESTION: Was Jesus in the grave for three days and three nights?
ANSWER: Yes, as the Jews reckoned time! Today, three days and three nights
means seventy-two hours. This was not necessarily true in the first century. The
Jews often spoke in round numbers, taking a part for the whole! Christ’s body
was in the earth part of the day Friday, which the Jews reckoned as a whole day;
that is, a day and a night (First). His body was in the earth all day Saturday (the
Sabbath), a day and a night (Second). It was in the earth part of the day Sunday,
which the Jews reckoned as a whole day; that is a night and a day (Third). Thus,
according to the reckoning of that time, Jesus’ body was in the heart of the earth
three days and three nights!
