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.
( Matthew 12:40 )
This one, like the others, doesn’t come with any explanation of exactly WHY it is a lie. I can only conclude that the reason is that the traditional Good Friday and Easter celebrations have Jesus crucified on the cross on Friday, in the grave Friday and Saturday night, then he rises from the grave Sunday morning. Technically speaking this means that Jesus was in the grave only two nights, not three.
The resolution is quite simple: the Bible is right, the Christian calendar is wrong. Humans are great at rationalizing things, and it fits everyone’s schedules much better if the Easter celebrations start on a Friday night. If we stick with the premise that God cannot lie and the Bible is true (which we are seeing very clearly now) then obviously Jesus was crucified on Thursday night.
Matty (Headwind) 