This year also feels extraordinary for the Jewish and Assyrian communities of faith, as for the first time since 33 A.D., the Pesach Seder (Passover Dinner), which corresponds to the Last Supper in Catholic traditions, fell on the exact same day (Wednesday evening). 2026 marks the first such occurrence in the modern era under the calendars of both faiths, given there have been no instances of the full triple alignment (full moon + Pesach/15 Nisan beginning at sunset + Holy Thursday in the earlier Catholic sunset reckoning) on a Wednesday night since 33 A.D.
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Matthew 12:39-40 says:
Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a 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 the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."
I have never in my 70+ years heard a preacher mention these two verses.
So Jesus Himself states in plain language that the only proof He would give that He was the Messiah was the "three days and three nights."
Yet another lie from the Pope about "Good Friday." Friday was merely the day between sabbaths when the women were able to buy the spices they took to the empty tomb on Sunday morning "while it was yet dark." One New Testament book says they bought spices after a sabbath, and another said they bought them before a sabbath. This is the only way it could occur.
Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, buried just before sunset, and then He arose on Saturday evening just after sunset, at the end of the Sabbath. The empty tomb wasn't found until Sunday morning. This is the timeline in the Bible.
I have read and studied since 1966.
I preached it several times and many more in Bible Study - I apologise that you were not taught this - a great failing but the problem is the church decided very early on 'Good Friday' and have never had the guts to change it.