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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"I have read and studied the Bible since 1966, and I know what it actually says."
Really? So surely you know of Esther 4:16 saying that she will spend "three days and nights without food or drink" and then appear to the king? Only for Esther 5:1 to say that "the third day came" and she appeared to the king? If "three days and three nights" LITERALLY MEANT A 72 HOUR PERIOD, then Esther wouldn't have seen the king until the fourth day.
1 Samuel 30:12-13 says the Egyptian hadn't had water for "three days and three nights". But you can't live for four days without water. Not only that, but the Egyptian then says "three days ago" his master abandoned him. If he had been out there for "three days and three nights" then he would have said that he was abandoned four days ago.
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:4 that Christ "rose again on the third day". Not the FOURTH DAY, the third day. "Three days and three nights" is a Hebrew idiom meaning "about three days". It doesn't literally mean 72 hours. I don't really care how long you claim to have studied the Bible if you don't understand how Hebrew poetry and expressions work. There are a slew of Hebrew expressions in the Bible that if translated literally make no sense. When king Saul went into the cave to "cover his feet" did he literally cover his feet? Or was he relieving himself like that expression actually means in Hebrew slang?
It's the third day following, not including today. That's how it's always been understood.
How could it be that the women bought spices after the Sabbath (Saturday), yet were able to show up at the tomb "while it was yet dark" early Sunday morning? I don't think they could have bought spices in the middle of the night.
The actual words of the Bible matter. Jesus said that the only proof that He was the Messiah was that He would be in the earth for three days and three nights, just the same as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights. It was stated as literal fact.
That fourth day you speak of is just a modern convention, mostly used to explain away the lie of the Catholic church about "Good Friday." They emphasize Jesus' death, not His Resurrection. The "third day" and "four days ago" didn't mean then what you think it means today. What matters is what the original Hebrew and Greek says, which the KJV is most accurate at translating.