*Alward: Jonah
JAlw@aol.com JAlw@aol.com
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:08:06 EST (00911621286, 2f8a75c7.3655e846@aol.com)
In a message dated 98-11-20 16:54:42 EST, you write:
<< Subj: Re: *Alward: Re: more of my story...
Date: 98-11-20 16:54:42 EST
From: WBERNE@aol.com
Sender: owner-errancy@infidels.org
To: errancy@infidels.org
In a message dated 98-11-19 16:08:09 EST, you write:
<< At 02:33 PM 11/19/98 -0600, Bill Jurasz wrote:
>> One would be the Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek, which
>> reads in its third definition of the word:
>>
>> III. among the Jews, the day of Preparation, before the sabbath of the
>> Passover, v.Marc.15.42, Ev.Jo.19.14,au=Ev.Jo. 19.31=lr, etc. ; hêmera
>> paraskeuês Ev.Luc.23.54.
>>
>> The chief's right.
>>
>> This does not, however, constitute a Biblical contradiction. Sunday, or
>> the "first day of the week" to the Jews, would have been counted as "the
>> third day" after the crucifixion. The day itself (Friday, or hêmera
>> paraskeuês) would have been counted the first day, the Sabbath as the
>> second day, and the Sunday as the third.
>>
>> et
Bill
>
>But, if the prophecy is "three days and three nights" then that, to me, is
>either a contradiction, or a failed prophecy. Friday night, Saturday day
and
>night, Sunday day (and not much of it, at that). We have, at best, only
two
>nights involved and only two days involved.
>
>--
Ed
You're right. See my response to Joe Alward. The "three days and three
nights" of Mt. 12:40 contradicts the "on the third day" phraseology of the
other passages in Matthew.
et
>>
BERNE
If you believe that Jesus was in the tomb for three days and nights, then you
must believe that Jonah was in a fish or whale for three days and nights,
because that's where it came from.
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Joe Alward:
I'm not sure to whom Bill Berne is addressing this comment, if anyone. But, I
believe that his conclusion, above, is valid. Is there any problem with it?