Bible Study Mark 16:9

[Bob10]

This may come as a surprise to you, but there is no passage in the Bible that tells us precisely when Jesus rose from the dead. There is a reason for that: there were no witnesses to the actual event. The first people who saw Jesus alive saw him on Sunday morning, but that does not mean that was the time of the resurrection.

But wait. What about Mark’s statement, “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils� (Mark 16:9). Bear in mind that no one witnessed the actual resurrection of Jesus, so no one could testify as to the moment. Thus, this passage is describing, not the time of the resurrection, but the time of Jesus’ appearing to Mary. The Greek texts have no punctuation, so all the commas and periods are left to the translators. Just put the comma in the right place and all becomes clear. “Now when Jesus was risen, early the first day of the week he appeared first to Mary Magdalene.†Also note that in Mark’s testimony that the first person to see Jesus alive was Mary. That confirms that no one saw the moment of the resurrection of Jesus.

There is nothing in the Gospel accounts to dispute that Jesus rose from the dead Saturday evening rather than Sunday morning. Three days and three nights from Jesus' evening burial would naturally take us to an evening.



http://www.rondart.com/Book%20Holidays/ ... nights.htm

 

[jgredline]

Hmmm
I will have to ponder that. Its interesting. I have not heard nor thought of that.
Thanks

 

[SputnikBoy]

You ARE right about the absence of punctuation in the ancient languages, Bob. And a comma here, or the lack of a comma there, can make all the difference to the intent of a sentence. The contents of scripture might have been inspired but I'm not so sure about punctation. I would think not.

 

[Bob10]

Thank you both for keeping an open mind.


Nisan 14 - Jesus died (late Wed. afternoon)
Nisan 15 - Pesach annual "high day" Sabbath (festival Sabbath)
Nisan 16 - Women buy and prepare burial spices – Mk 16:1
Nisan 17 - Women rest on weekly Sabbath – Lk 23:56 - (resurrection late afternoon-3days & 3nights later)

Nisan 18 - Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb, "when it was yet dark" (Jn 20:1) and finds it empty.


http://www.centuryone.com/crucifixion.html

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Here's a scenario that might work ---

"...and besides all this, today (Sunday) is the third day since these things were done" (Lk. 24:21). "These things were done" included the sealing of the sepulchre and setting a watch at the tomb -- ordered by Pilate, a day after the crucifixion (Matt. 27: 62-66).

Sunday was the third day from Thursday, making a late Wednesday crucifixion possible.