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Today is Good Wednesday!

Christian tradition places the crucifixion of Christ on Friday. But, in actually it happened on Wednesday.

A Friday crucifixion does not mathematically fulfill the Jonah prophecy of the Messiah:

He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here. -Matthew 12:39-41


If He had died on Friday and rose on Sunday, he would have been in the grave for only 2 nights which falls short of the 3 day, 3 night prophecy.

Result: Jesus is not the Messiah

So, where is the mistake?

The mistake is all about the use in the text of the word Sabbath.

We are told that the soldiers were breaking the legs of the men on the crosses so that they would be pulled down and buried before the Sabbath in order to prevent their bodies from remaining on the crosses over the sabbath and therefore stinking the place up.

Jesus of course, was the exception, fulfilling the prophecy that no bone should be broken, making Him a perfect spotless Passover lamb.

During the week in which Jesus was crucified, there were two Sabbaths, the High Sabbath which fell on Thursday and the normal Sabbath which began at sundown on Friday.

One of the most fitting and powerful prophecies about Jesus are in regards to the passover prophecy which equates him with the Passover lamb. So fittingly, He died on Passover which was Wednesday, just before the High sabbath.

Now, if he died on Wednesday and rose on Sunday, he was in the grave for 4 nights not 3 nights.

Result: Not the messiah.

But, if He died on Wednesday and rose on Saturday, you get 3 days and 3 nights in the grave.

Result: Jesus is the Messiah!!!