Playlist: Two Sabbaths During Crucifixion Week (topic)
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Chronic Difficulties
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughCrucifixion week contained two Sabbaths: an annual high-day Sabbath and the regular weekly Sabbath. Jesus was crucified on Wednesday, Nisan 14, the Passover, and died at the end of that day. Passover is not a holy day but always a preparation day for the first Day of Unleavened Bread, so a preparation day need not fall on …
Proofs of Christ's Resurrection
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughJesus was crucified on a Wednesday, the Preparation Day before a Sabbath. That Sabbath was not the weekly Sabbath but the First Day of Unleavened Bread, a high day. Since the Passover, the day of the crucifixion, was also the Preparation Day for the First Day of Unleavened Bread, Joseph of Arimathea went to Pilate and asked for …