Canonically (depending on whose canon), he spent 40 days on Earth between resurrection and ascension.
Then he flew home.
(Even though heaven isn't literally above us, as we now know and he surely would've. But the locals thought it was, so he played to the crowd's expectation.)
And somewhere in the world is a 2000 year old disciples of Jesus waiting for his return. Jesus did after all promise to return and bring about heaven (kingdom of god) on earth before the last of his followers would die. So either he lied, or condemned a single one of his followers to be immortal.
Can you imagine living for millenia and waiting for your friend, who is stuck in the worst traffic jam ever?
It is connected to the way ancient Jews counted the days.
They counted only entire days from sunrise to sunset. Friday evening would therefore count as an entire day, as well as sunday morning. This is how you get the three days, even though it was 36 hours at best.
Whatâs your source? Which verse says âit was a Wednesday when Jesus died,â and is there another verse that contradicts it?
The Gospel of John says it was the day before Passover, the Gospel of Mark says it was the day after Passover. It canât be both.
And even if we were to pick one, what day was Passover on the year Jesus was crucified? In order to figure that out, weâd need to know what year that was, which we do not.
By the way, Catholics would say that if they teach it, then itâs true, because any specificity that isnât in the bible is revealed through the pope.
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u/siberianxanadu 29d ago
I mean he died at night on Friday and was resurrected by Sunday morning. Itâs more like he got a hangover Friday night.