The Sign of Jonah: How Long Was Jesus In the Tomb?
There is a controversy in Christianity regarding the length of time Jesus was in the tomb. One side opts for a literal 3 days and 3 nights, the other opts for parts of 3 days and 2 nights to get His death and resurrection to line up with Good Friday and Easter . Today, we are going to take a look at some things we are told in the Bible that give us the exact day of the week when He died and also the almost exact timing of His resurrection. As a side note, this post represents a crash course (mostly for myself) in the Greek language, so bear with me since it will contain more of it than my other posts, but it's all relevant. I promise. I'm no expert in Greek, and the Greek in this post mostly represents quite a few hours of research, not an expertise in the Greek language, just so we're clear. Jonah 1:17 NASB95 — And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights . Hebrew consistently uses "day an...