11-01-2008, 06:03 AM
shlomo Thirdwoe,
The Aramaic text of the Peshitta is more specific than the English translation. Here's what I mean:
Jonah => 3 days (???????? ??????????) and 3 nights (???????? ??????????)
Son of man => 3 days (???????? ????????????) and 3 nights (???????? ??????????)
Notice here that the spelling for the word ???days??? for Jonah is different than that of the word ???days??? for the Son of man:
"??????????"
<= 24 hour day (sunset to sunset)
??????????????????
<= during the daytime part of the day
So given the above definitions, and the fact that Yeshu??? had died on Friday in the afternoon; then once the artificial darkness (Matthew 27:45) went away and daytime came back, this we would be our first day (Friday - in daytime); and the day time for Saturday would be the second day; and finally the early hours of Sunday at first light would be the third day.
As for three nights => On Friday when the darkness had overwhelmed the land (an artificial night of around 3 hours during the daytime period of Friday): 1st night, Saturday Night (equivalent of the western Friday night): 2nd night, and Sunday Night (equivalent of the western Saturday night): 3rd night
P.S. This is a possible explanation!
psuh bashlomo,
keefa-morun
The Aramaic text of the Peshitta is more specific than the English translation. Here's what I mean:
Jonah => 3 days (???????? ??????????) and 3 nights (???????? ??????????)
Son of man => 3 days (???????? ????????????) and 3 nights (???????? ??????????)
Notice here that the spelling for the word ???days??? for Jonah is different than that of the word ???days??? for the Son of man:
"??????????"
<= 24 hour day (sunset to sunset)
??????????????????
<= during the daytime part of the day
So given the above definitions, and the fact that Yeshu??? had died on Friday in the afternoon; then once the artificial darkness (Matthew 27:45) went away and daytime came back, this we would be our first day (Friday - in daytime); and the day time for Saturday would be the second day; and finally the early hours of Sunday at first light would be the third day.
As for three nights => On Friday when the darkness had overwhelmed the land (an artificial night of around 3 hours during the daytime period of Friday): 1st night, Saturday Night (equivalent of the western Friday night): 2nd night, and Sunday Night (equivalent of the western Saturday night): 3rd night
P.S. This is a possible explanation!
psuh bashlomo,
keefa-morun