11-02-2008, 07:19 PM
I have booklets written about 50 years ago by Herbert W. Armstrong of the so-called Worldwide Church of God called "The Crucifixion Was Not on Friday" and "The Resurrection Was Not on Sunday" that cover this sign of Jonah issue exactly as it has been discussed in this thread. This is not a new idea. Armstrong concluded that the crucifixion was on Wednesday afternoon and the resurrection was 72 hours later on Saturday afternoon. When the women came to the tomb the body was long gone.
When I met with Lamsa (about 1970) I specifically asked him about Armstrong's theory, and he debunked it. As I wrote before, he said that in the eastern view of days and nights each portion of a day is counted as a whole day. Also he said that in first century Jewish speech the "preparation day" was exclusively used to describe Friday.
Otto
When I met with Lamsa (about 1970) I specifically asked him about Armstrong's theory, and he debunked it. As I wrote before, he said that in the eastern view of days and nights each portion of a day is counted as a whole day. Also he said that in first century Jewish speech the "preparation day" was exclusively used to describe Friday.
Otto