Lets have a little trivia game

[Edward]

Well Psalm 53 has 6 verses.

That's a great guess Eora! but unforunately, there is a shorter chapter.

 

[KevinK]

Psalm 117 (2 verses).

 

[Edward]

Psalm 117 (2 verses).

Yep, that's it.

Good job brother.

 

[KevinK]

Thank you! If you only knew how many Psalms if I had to page through...oh wait, you do.

OK, here's one (I hope Jesus isn't offended by being mentioned in a trivia question. Believe me, I don't think anything in His life was trivial.)

How many days was Jesus our Lord dead?

 

[Deborah13]

He was raised from the dead after three nights and three days.

 

[KevinK]

He was raised from the dead after three nights and three days.

Not correct.

 

[Kathi]

Not correct.

Matthew 12:40

 

[Mike S]

He was raised from the dead after three nights and three days.

That IS correct, as per the Jewish idiom of three days, accepted at the Christ's death..

 

[KevinK]

Matthew 12:40

I'm aware of that quote. Here's the thing: Our Lord died pretty close to 3 pm on Good Friday. We don't know exactly when He arose, just that it was sometime early Sunday morning.

From 3 pm Friday to 3 pm Saturday is exactly 24 hours. Just for sake of argument, let's say the Resurrection occurred at 3 am Sunday morning (it may have been earlier, or much later, but as long as it wasn't after 9am the math is the same. And 9am is pretty late in the day, it was almost certainly before that.)

From 3 pm Saturday to 3 am Sunday is 12 hours. 24 + 12 = 36. Since a day is 24 hours, 36 hours is 1-1/2 days. Even rounding up to 2 days would put the Resurrection past 9 am, and still nowhere close to three days.

Our Lord was deceased for one-and-a-half days. He arose on the third day, but after a period of time of only 1.5 days.

 

[Kathi]

I'm aware of that quote. Here's the thing: Our Lord died pretty close to 3 pm on Good Friday. We don't know exactly when He arose, just that it was sometime early Sunday morning.

From 3 pm Friday to 3 pm Saturday is exactly 24 hours. Just for sake of argument, let's say the Resurrection occurred at 3 am Sunday morning (it may have been earlier, or much later, but as long as it wasn't after 9am the math is the same. And 9am is pretty late in the day, it was almost certainly before that.)

From 3 pm Saturday to 3 am Sunday is 12 hours. 24 + 12 = 36. Since a day is 24 hours, 36 hours is 1-1/2 days. Even rounding up to 2 days would put the Resurrection past 9 am, and still nowhere close to three days.

Our Lord was deceased for one-and-a-half days. He arose on the third day, but after a period of time of only 1.5 days.

I only believe Scripture.No man's word.

 

[KevinK]

I only believe Scripture.No man's word.

This is from Scripture. Anyone can read it. Given the details of The Passion as clearly delineated in the Gospels, 3 days of elasped time cannot be made to work.

Incidentally, I noticed this situation independently, i.e. on my own. Only after Googling did I discover that this is a known and discussed apparent "discrepancy" (for lack of a better word) in Scripture. Pesonally, I don't see how this negates the inherent truths of the Bible. The writers of the Holy Word were required only to be believers, not mathematicians.

 

[Deborah13]

I'm aware of that quote. Here's the thing: Our Lord died pretty close to 3 pm on Good Friday. We don't know exactly when He arose, just that it was sometime early Sunday morning.

From 3 pm Friday to 3 pm Saturday is exactly 24 hours. Just for sake of argument, let's say the Resurrection occurred at 3 am Sunday morning (it may have been earlier, or much later, but as long as it wasn't after 9am the math is the same. And 9am is pretty late in the day, it was almost certainly before that.)

From 3 pm Saturday to 3 am Sunday is 12 hours. 24 + 12 = 36. Since a day is 24 hours, 36 hours is 1-1/2 days. Even rounding up to 2 days would put the Resurrection past 9 am, and still nowhere close to three days.

Our Lord was deceased for one-and-a-half days. He arose on the third day, but after a period of time of only 1.5 days.

Kevin, I don't mean to argue but there isn't any scripture that says he died on the 6th day of the week.

 

[Kathi]

This is from Scripture. Anyone can read it. Given the details of The Passion as clearly delineated in the Gospels, 3 days of elasped time cannot be made to work.

Incidentally, I noticed this situation independently, i.e. on my own. Only after Googling did I discover that this is a known and discussed apparent "discrepancy" (for lack of a better word) in Scripture. Pesonally, I don't see how this negates the inherent truths of the Bible. The writers of the Holy Word were required only to be believers, not mathematicians.

Please show me Scripture for this.The Bible does not give what day of the week Jesus died.You can not speculate what scripture has to say.

 

[Edward]

Thank you! If you knew how many Psalms if I had to page through...oh wait, you do.

OK, here's one (I hope Jesus isn't offended by being mentioned in a trivia question. Believe me, I don't think anything in His life was trivial.)

How many days was Jesus our Lord dead?

Jesus was dead for two days. As far as I understand, he was crucified in the patter part of the day, which is the beginning of a day the way they figured it, and if he rose on the third day, then that would figure that he was dead two full days. That's as close as I can figure it.

 

[Kathi]

Jesus was dead for two days. As far as I understand, he was crucified in the patter part of the day, which is the beginning of a day the way they figured it, and if he rose on the third day, then that would figure that he was dead two full days. That's as close as I can figure it.

Matthew 12:40

 

[Deborah13]

Jesus was dead for two days. As far as I understand, he was crucified in the patter part of the day, which is the beginning of a day the way they figured it, and if he rose on the third day, then that would figure that he was dead two full days. That's as close as I can figure it.

Personally I think we should go by what God says is a day.
Genesis - and the evening and the morning were the first day

 

[Kathi]

Personally I think we should go by what God says is a day.
Genesis - and the evening and the morning were the first day

Anything that God says and that Scripture says is safe.Not what man says.

 

[KevinK]

Jesus was dead for two days. As far as I understand, he was crucified in the patter part of the day, which is the beginning of a day the way they figured it, and if he rose on the third day, then that would figure that he was dead two full days. That's as close as I can figure it.

Yes, exactly. I would have accepted 2 days as the answer to the trivia question, though 1.5 days is a better answer if you disallow rounding.

This has nothing to do with days of the week. Anyone who did anything on the third day cannot have been doing it for three days. By the time the third night came, whatever the exact hour was, our Jesus was already long gone from the tomb. Anyone who schedules hotel reservations for a living is very familiar with the difference between ordinal and cardinal numbers, which is what this number problem is about.

It would be best to consider this issue now, while amongst believers, than to have it thrown to you at you when the critical events of the end times divides people for the final time.

 

[Kathi]

Yes, exactly. I would have accepted 2 days as the answer to the trivia question, though 1.5 days is a better answer if you allow rounding.

This has nothing to do with days of the week. Anyone who did anything on the third day cannot have been doing it for three days. By the time the third night came, whatever the exact hour was, our Jesus was already long gone from the tomb. Anyone who schedules hotel reservations for a living is very familiar with the difference between ordinal and cardinal numbers, which is what this number problem is about.

It would be best to consider this issue now, while amongst believers, than to have it thrown to you at you when the critical events of the end times divides people for the final time.

You still have not given me Scripture backing up your answer.

 

[KevinK]

You still have not given me Scripture backing up your answer.

Yes, I've only explained why it doesn't change anything.