Wesley Huff
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So this is an interesting question because of the differences between when the Gospel of John says Jesus died compared to the synoptics. Because John appears to be using the Roman convention of counting time. And the other Gospels, when they describe the timing, appear to be using the Jewish ones. And actually, if you correlate between the two, they match up pretty well. So...
So this is an interesting question because of the differences between when the Gospel of John says Jesus died compared to the synoptics. Because John appears to be using the Roman convention of counting time. And the other Gospels, when they describe the timing, appear to be using the Jewish ones. And actually, if you correlate between the two, they match up pretty well. So...
The thing is, with Jews, any part of a day was considered a day. So three days and three nights becomes almost an idiom for any part of that day is the day. So if Jesus, and because they count evening and morning, evening to morning is the day, it's very possible that it wasn't like how we would think of three 24-hour days, especially if he dies on Friday and wakes up on Sunday.
The thing is, with Jews, any part of a day was considered a day. So three days and three nights becomes almost an idiom for any part of that day is the day. So if Jesus, and because they count evening and morning, evening to morning is the day, it's very possible that it wasn't like how we would think of three 24-hour days, especially if he dies on Friday and wakes up on Sunday.
The thing is, with Jews, any part of a day was considered a day. So three days and three nights becomes almost an idiom for any part of that day is the day. So if Jesus, and because they count evening and morning, evening to morning is the day, it's very possible that it wasn't like how we would think of three 24-hour days, especially if he dies on Friday and wakes up on Sunday.
Oh, no, he didn't have recovery time. That's what I'm saying.
Oh, no, he didn't have recovery time. That's what I'm saying.
Oh, no, he didn't have recovery time. That's what I'm saying.
Well, you have Peter, Paul, Jude, James, and Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The thing with Matthew, Mark, and Luke is that Matthew and John are attributed to direct disciples of Jesus. Luke and Mark are not. So they are not eyewitnesses within the Jesus community. In fact, Luke prefaces his gospel by saying that. He's right up front about this. He's like, hey, I'm not an eyewitness.
Well, you have Peter, Paul, Jude, James, and Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The thing with Matthew, Mark, and Luke is that Matthew and John are attributed to direct disciples of Jesus. Luke and Mark are not. So they are not eyewitnesses within the Jesus community. In fact, Luke prefaces his gospel by saying that. He's right up front about this. He's like, hey, I'm not an eyewitness.
Well, you have Peter, Paul, Jude, James, and Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The thing with Matthew, Mark, and Luke is that Matthew and John are attributed to direct disciples of Jesus. Luke and Mark are not. So they are not eyewitnesses within the Jesus community. In fact, Luke prefaces his gospel by saying that. He's right up front about this. He's like, hey, I'm not an eyewitness.
Don't confuse me with an eyewitness. But he actually uses conventional writing. What's the term I'm looking for? He uses writing conventions of the day that would fit within regular biography that was written within the Roman world. So you have a guy named Quintilian who is basically I mentioned before with the he he's teaching people how to write.
Don't confuse me with an eyewitness. But he actually uses conventional writing. What's the term I'm looking for? He uses writing conventions of the day that would fit within regular biography that was written within the Roman world. So you have a guy named Quintilian who is basically I mentioned before with the he he's teaching people how to write.
Don't confuse me with an eyewitness. But he actually uses conventional writing. What's the term I'm looking for? He uses writing conventions of the day that would fit within regular biography that was written within the Roman world. So you have a guy named Quintilian who is basically I mentioned before with the he he's teaching people how to write.