Playlist: Jesus Christ's Resurrection, Not On Sunday (topic)
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Chronic Difficulties
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughJesus was not resurrected on Sunday morning; the tradition of a Friday crucifixion and Easter Sunday resurrection does not square with Scripture. Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday, Passover, Nisan 14, and Joseph of Arimathea laid Him in the tomb just before sunset, as the annual Sabbath of the first Day of Unleavened Bread …
He Lives, We Live
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughJesus was not raised at Sunday dawn. Matthew 28:1 gives the time the women came to the tomb, not the time of the resurrection. The angel's words, "He has risen," use a Greek simple past, meaning the action was already completed, as the NRSV ("He has been raised") and the Holman Christian Standard Bible ("He has been …