Three Days and Three Nights

Are you saying He celebrated the Last Supper on Wednesday?

I have no "paper" references for you except the logic in Genesis.

Yes. To the best of my reckoning, because:
Wed: day before passover.
Thr: first day of passover (8 day span), preparation day, the day the lambs are killed and eaten, chamatz removed, unleavened bread baked (and eaten)
Fri: first day of feast of unleavened bread. (7 day span, 1st and 7th are special sabbaths)

The obvious argument against this is that English bibles say they ate on the first day of passover.
But in the greek, "de" which was combined in translation to the word next to it, has a "to happen next" connotation. It can just as easily say "next came the first day of passover" rather than "on the first day of passover"

Note that Jesus gave his disciples instructions on explaining to the man, why they were preparing for passover. Had it been on first day of passover, this explanation would not have been needed. He also explained to them that he would celebrate passover with them, after they asked Him where. So why?
Because they were talking about tomorrow and He was talking about tonight. And if you've ever made unleavened bread (coarse flour, water and oil, that's all), it's like a brick the next day, so none would have been made on Wed.

There are probably dozens of arguments in all kinds of directions but the primary points here are:
1. On the surface, scripture appears to contradict itself in at least 3 ways on the issue.
2. Whether or not one believes He was there for 3 days and 3 nights.

I believe He was there 3 days and 3 nights. The only way to count and barely get that duration is as I described, meaning Thursday crucifixion, and contradicting other scripture unless you study the word "de" deeply. (deeply meaning: beyond strongs haphazard "references")

I'll tell you one thing for sure, you're going to need to get a pen and paper and start drawing "days" and "nights" to get anywhere with it, because it's a trainwreck unless you just believe friday evening to sunday dawn is 3 days and nights, when it is really 1 day and 2 nights. You can squeeze a 2nd day out of that by counting in advance, but you still get thrown back to thursday if you want more than 2.

And if you want to get really deep, you can count things up and show that His ministry was 490 days instead of 3 years, and that Judas screwed up the peace halfway through the last week (3.5 days, wed. night at the last supper). Per Daniel.

Just drivel for those of us who want to know, otherwise, just take up the stick and follow.

Peace.

(Was it a special Sabbath or the regular Sabbath?)

But when I looked again, based on Wednesday night being Thursday, there it was, right at 27AD.

Yeah I saw that too once, one also in 32AD if I remember. And there's some way to show date of birth in like 3 or 4 BC by using outside historical docs which would make Him like 30 to 31 or so in 27AD.
I don't remember the details on that one though, except it is centered around the time that the census was taken and then showing death of Herod matching a lunar eclipse in 1 BC instead of 4 BC.

Yes. To the best of my reckoning, because:
Wed: day before passover.
Thr: first day of passover (8 day span), preparation day, the day the lambs are killed and eaten, chamatz removed, unleavened bread baked (and eaten)
Fri: first day of feast of unleavened bread. (7 day span, 1st and 7th are special sabbaths)

The obvious argument against this is that English bibles say they ate on the first day of passover.
But in the greek, "de" which was combined in translation to the word next to it, has a "to happen next" connotation. It can just as easily say "next came the first day of passover" rather than "on the first day of passover"

Note that Jesus gave his disciples instructions on explaining to the man, why they were preparing for passover. Had it been on first day of passover, this explanation would not have been needed. He also explained to them that he would celebrate passover with them, after they asked Him where. So why?
Because they were talking about tomorrow and He was talking about tonight. And if you've ever made unleavened bread (coarse flour, water and oil, that's all), it's like a brick the next day, so none would have been made on Wed.

There are probably dozens of arguments in all kinds of directions but the primary points here are:
1. On the surface, scripture appears to contradict itself in at least 3 ways on the issue.
2. Whether or not one believes He was there for 3 days and 3 nights.

I believe He was there 3 days and 3 nights. The only way to count and barely get that duration is as I described, meaning Thursday crucifixion, and contradicting other scripture unless you study the word "de" deeply. (deeply meaning: beyond strongs haphazard "references")

I'll tell you one thing for sure, you're going to need to get a pen and paper and start drawing "days" and "nights" to get anywhere with it, because it's a trainwreck unless you just believe friday evening to sunday dawn is 3 days and nights, when it is really 1 day and 2 nights. You can squeeze a 2nd day out of that by counting in advance, but you still get thrown back to thursday if you want more than 2.

And if you want to get really deep, you can count things up and show that His ministry was 490 days instead of 3 years, and that Judas screwed up the peace halfway through the last week (3.5 days, wed. night at the last supper). Per Daniel.

Just drivel for those of us who want to know, otherwise, just take up the stick and follow.

Peace.

I'm bringing this thread back, because I was just doing a study on Hannukah, and I note that John's Gospel seems to list 4 passovers in Jesus' ministry time: 2:13; 6:4; 11:55; and of course the last at which He was crucified. Can this be reconciled with the 490 days?

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 46And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. 47And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. 48And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? 50And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. 51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

52And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

There's also the theory that 6:4 did not exist in older sources and was added. This could peg the 2 unidentified feasts a little differently, and actually fill in the summer and fall smoother than "pesach sheni".

That's what Jesus was doing, first He caught those who missed the healing waters, then the people who missed lunch.