Was Jesus in the grave for 3 days.
Skeptics tell us Jesus wasn't in the grave for three days and three nights. Scholars take the bait and squirm and twist to answer them. Simply believe God and read closely what he said:
- Mt 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.---
Lets do a proper interpretation on this. What is the 'heart of the earth'?
Since he was not put into the grave until the end of Friday day, "the heart of the earth" does not refer to the grave. We simply believe God.
Lets count backwards:
Jesus rose early Sunday morning. Remember that the night precedes the day in Hebrew reckoning.
Counting backward:
- 3rd night Sunday night - in the grave
- 3rd day Saturday day - in the grave
- 2nd night Saturday night - in the grave
- 2nd day Friday day - put in the grave just before sunset.
- 1st night Friday night -Last supper, Gethsemane and illegal trials
- 1st day Thursday day - Judas betrays Jesus by arranging to turn him in
- Jer 17:9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
The 'heart of the earth' is the wickedness of the earth/world.
When Judas arranged to betray Jesus, it placed him in the evil heart of the earth/world. Everything done to Jesus after this is illegal and based in lies.
You can trust what God said if you take time to understand what he actually said.
