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Helpful Questions for a Quicker Understanding of the Preview of the Friday Aviv 17 Crucifixion

Focusing upon the red font items under Preview of the Friday Aviv 17 Crucifixion:

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Is it at all possible for Yeshua to have been, (1) first crucified at the 3rd hour of the day, and then, later in the same day, at the 6th hour stand trial before Pilate? Cf. Mark 15:25 and John 19:13-14! (2) It is commonly believed that Yeshua stood before Pilate on the very same Friday when he was crucified, isnt it? Alternatively, (3) are we to assume that the inspired word of the New Testament is in error, even in the original Greek version of the Textus Receptus? If the answers to the above questions are No, Yes, No, then perhaps it is time to reconsider our traditional way of thinking and thoroughly consider all the facts while looking for an option that is consistent within itself, isnt it?

2.

Whats the point of giving a time reference such as after two days, as used for instance in the KJV of Matt. 26:2 and Mark 14:1, when no beginning of such a time period is identified in the text? Isnt it much more likely that, provided such a translation of the original text is permissible by the Greek language, such words are being used for specifying the day of the week, as in after [the first] two days [of the week?] After all, the Hebrew/Aramaic language, is using no other names for any of the first six days of the week, or is it? And isnt Hebrew/Aramaic the language used by the people in Israel and Judea in New Testament times? Cf. Acts 21:40; 22:2; 26:14, John 5:2; 19:17 and Rev. 16:16.

3.

Why was Yeshua (then Peter and Paul) repeatedly emphasizing to his followers that he was going to arise on the third day if in fact he did arise on the first day of the week and not on the third day [of the week?] Cf. Matt. 16:21, 17:23, 20:19, 27:64; Mark 9:31, 10:34; Luke 9:22, 13:10, 13-14, 32-33, 18:33, 24:7, 21, 46; John 2:1; Acts 10:40; and 1 Cor. 15:4.

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Why would Yeshua say, according to Matt. 12:40, For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, if in fact he was dead and buried no more than one day and two nights? Why would Yeshua teach, according to Mark 8:31, that he was going to be killed, and after three days rise again, if in fact he did rise, not after, but before two days (9 hours (3PM-mid night) + 24 hours + 6 hours = 39 hours?) a. Does the bible ever use inclusive reckoning? Or is it the reader of the bible that is superimposing his or her own traditional thinking as taught by his or her society and culture - upon a bible text? Isnt it Roman tradition and the Latin language that is using inclusive reckoning? Consider for instance the word quinquennial" as applied upon the Olympic games, do those events occur every four years or every five years if they are celebrated in say year 2001 and year 2005? 2. Considering the last three questions, isnt it much more likely that Yeshua said what he meant and meant what he said? Or else, are we to consider the Holy Scriptures, or at least the New Testament, a book lacking precise meaning as to detail? And what about the words of Yeshua? How far exactly are we to extend our lack of trust as to the precision expressed within the word of God?

3.

Referencing the words found in Acts 1:12: which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath days journey. Whats the point of referencing a distance in such a unique and unusual way, i.e. in a way not used any other time in the Scriptures, unless the event tied to this passage did occur on a Sabbath? Cf. John 11:18, which text, as far as I am aware, is referencing much the same distance as Acts 1:12!

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If Acts 1:3 is not lying, and if Yeshua was indeed being seen of them forty days, before the conclusion of the events relayed in Acts 1:3-12, and if indeed the events relayed in Acts 1:3-12 took place on a Sabbath, i.e. on the Seventh Day of the week, then on what day of the week must the first day of the forty days have occurred? Am I in error when I count backwards and find that the first of the forty days occurred upon the Third Day of the week, i.e. beginning at sunset Monday night? Or wasnt Yeshua seen on the day the tomb was opened early on the first of those forty days, actually in the beginning of the first of those forty days?

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1st Day Sunday

2nd Day Monday

3rd Day Tuesday 1 Resurrecti on

4th Day Wednesd ay 2

5th Day Thursday 3

6th Day Friday 4

7th Day Sabbath 5

6 1 3 2 0 2 7 3 4

7 14 21 28 35

8 15 22 29 36

9 16 23 30 37

10 17 24 31 38

11 18 25 32 39

12 19 26 33 40 Ascensio n Pentecost Acts 2:1

5. 6.

Consider carefully Luk 22:66: And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council How does this affect the time available for all the events specified in the following question? Re the commonly believed nine hour time frame, counting from about mid night of the experience in the upper room until the 3rd hour, and re the three hour time frame dictated by Luke 22:66 (as quoted in # above:) What are the odds that three bureaucracies - interacting one with another and without prior preparation - could and would have carried out all of the extensive proceedings against Yeshua within the nine hours between midnight and mid-morning of the very same Friday, and proceedings #2-8 below within 3 hours, i.e. from daybreak through the 3rd hour? Remember each of these proceedings: 1. First the mob taking Yeshua prisoner in Gethsemane, then 2. a court trial before the High Priest, then 3. another court trial before Pilate and the Roman authorities, then 4. a third court trial before Herod, then 5. a fourth court trial, the second one, before Pilate and the Roman authorities, and in addition, do not forget!, 6. first the flogging, then 7. the actual walk to Golgatha, and finally 8. the crucifixion procedure itself? Remember, Pilate and Herod were at odds with one another, and the Jewish Court can hardly be perceived as being in the habit of working in close cooperation with either Pilate or Herod, or can it? Or does the New Testament paint a picture of those three courts, as if they were a tightly knit unit working smoothly hand in hand with one another? Without even taking into consideration the transportation time between each of these eight numbered scenes, which of these eight events, if any, is likely to have taken less than 3/7th of one hour (3 hours / 7 events,) i.e. less than 26 minutes, to conclude from beginning to end? How likely, or even possible, is a nine hour scenario, such as is commonly perceived as having taken place all within one and the same Friday morning? Is such a nine hour scenario consistent with the bible? 7. How has it been possible for Anyone or Anything to fool so many Christians for so many years about any one of the above issues, which issues are supposedly of such focal interest to everyone within Christendom? Who is Anyone? What is Anything? What part of the responsibility for this do I, and each and everyone among us, carry upon each our shoulders for such tomfoolery? 8. Who is responsible for allowing such common misconceptions, as above referenced, to flourish, and remain sustained, throughout each of our lives - as well as throughout history? What part responsibility do I, or you, or anyone among us, carry upon each our shoulders for carrying forwards such false gossip to our very own families, to our brethren, and unto anyone within our society? Dont we have a responsibility to explore the real truth about this particular especially when, as now, God has made it available to us?

9.

Re John 19:14, 31: What exactly is meant by the words 14 it was the preparation of the passover and 31 for that sabbath day was a high day? Are those two days necessarily and always

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consecutive, i.e. one following immediately after the other? That is to say: Is it true that the weekly 7th Day Sabbath within the seven day Feast of Unleavened Bread always follows immediately upon the 14th day of the First Moon, Aviv? Is the bible teaching that the 7th Day Shabbat of the Waving of the Sheaf is to follow immediately upon the day when preparation for the evening of the sacrifice of the Passover lamb is to be made? What does Leviticus 23:5-8 and Deuteronomy teach re the timing for the Lords passover? What does Leviticus 23:15-16 teach re the timing of the Waving of the Sheaf and the beginning of the count of fifty days (cf. # below?)

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Re # above: What point in time exactly is pinpointed by the words the morrow after the sabbath (Leviticus 23:15, 16?:) Sunday morning or the morning of the 7th Day Shabbat? When exactly does the 7th Day Shabbat begin? What does Genesis 1:5 and Leviticus 23:32 teach re the beginning of the Shabbat as well as the beginning of each and every 24 hour day period? When you are at that point of a Sabbath Day, i.e. at the sunset at the very beginning of the Sabbath: What point are you talking about when you say words such as Tomorrow morning? What is the relationship between the night referenced in Genesis 19:33 and the morrow referenced in Genesis 19:34?

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To understand the true meaning of the Greek words translated, in the KJV, the first day of the week you need to use your Strongs Concordance and Dictionary! Or at least you need to look at some Greek version of the NT! Consider carefully the meaning of each of the three Greek words thus translated! Next, look up the Greek words in the NT that actually means the First Day or Day One [of the week!] Youll find these texts in Luke 5:17; 8:22; Acts 21:7; 28:13! What differences do you see between the Greek words used in these last four passages in comparison to the Greek words used in the passages translated in KJV as the first day of the week? Next, do you find any passages in the NT translated the second day of the week, the third day of the week, the fourth day of the week, etc.? Why not? On the other hand, if you look for the other days of the week in the Greek NT, using the same format as in Luke 5:17; 8:22; Acts 21:7; 28:13, isnt it true that youll find passages where each and every one of the week days are being specified?!:

1st Day: Luke 5:17; 8:22; Acts 21:7; 28:13; 2nd Day: Matthew 26:2; Mark 14:1; John 4:40, 43; 11:6; Acts 28:13; 3rd Day: Luke 2:46; Acts 25:1; 28:7, 12, 17; plus all the passages listed in item # 4th Day: John 11:17; Acts 10:30; 5th Day: Acts 20:6; 24:1; 6th Day: Matthew 17:1; Mark 9:2; John 12:1; 7th Day: Acts 20:6; 21:4, 5; 21:27; 28:14; Hebrew 11:40; 4:4; 8th day: Luke 1:59; 2:21; 6:6; 9:28; John 20:26; Acts 7:8; 27:3; Philippians 3:5; 10th day [of the month:] Acts 25:6. Dont you suppose the Roman Catholic Church would have an incentive not to translate (for instance) Luke 5:17 correctly? If Luke 5:17 was translated such that it was clear that this passage describes events happening on Sunday, the First Day of the week, dont you think that would be quite a strong waker upper for quite a few Sunday keeping Bible believers? For why is Jesus not being criticized (in Luke 5:17) for healing people on Sabbath if indeed Jesus intended for Christians to keep Sunday as a day of Sabbath rest? Indeed, if any of those four passages re Day One of the week was correctly translated, dont you think that would be a waker upper for such as could distinguish between the Greek words in those four passages and the Greek words used in the passages translated the first day of the week in KJV? Next: If you carefully study the context of each of the NT passages translated the first day of the week, isnt it true that all but one of them is associated with the Feast of Unleavened Bread? And is there any evidence whatsoever that the one exception is not also referencing the very same day within the Feast of Unleavened bread as each of the other like passages?

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