Specific Bible Studies - Jesus Part 3 L

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PART 3-----ITEM L-----The Day of the Resurrection-----From the Scriptural Account:

WHAT DAY WAS THE RESURRECTION?

First, Mark 16: 2; Luke 24:1 and John 20:1 (above) tells us that very early Sunday morning while it was yet dark, the tomb was empty. We know Christ died at 3 PM on a preparation day that could not be Friday. He was buried around 5 PM (before even-6PM), the same day He died.

To be in the ground 72 hours, He must come out of the grave at 5 PM and it could not have been on Sunday at 5 PM for the tomb is empty. It must have been 5 PM on the Sabbath.

When the women came to the tomb early Sunday the angel says, "He is not here, but is Risen:

Mark 16:6
6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

Luke 24:3
3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

John 20:2
2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.

Matt 28:5-6
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

Now look at 1 Cor 15 and beginning in verse 3...THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT

1 Cor 15:3-4
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

NOTE: Christ DIED...was BURIED and was RESURRECTED.... ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES.