Daniel's Literal Translation and Commentary
The Third Day Since
"Luke 24:45-46: Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:" (DLT: torahtimes.org).
1. the third day: τη τριτῃ ημερα. The days for a sacrificial offering in the Temple were calculated from morning to morning according to Lev. 7:15, especially in the case of a "peace offering". Messiah was our "peace offering" making peace between the repentant sinner and God. A peace offering brought in the afternoon had to be eaten on the "same day" by the next "morning". Other offerings were allowed to be eaten for two days, up to the morning of the third day. The rabbis put a fence around the Torah and made midnight the cut off point lest someone cross the line of dawn that started the next day, after which it was forbidden to eat an offering. Also in the case of the wave sheaf and associated offerings, the eating of the offerings was scheduled on a morning to morning definition of a day. The morning to morning definition of a day was the default definition of a 24 hour day in ancient Israel except in the case of the Sabbaths. Misunderstanding this has led to some serious misunderstandings of the Passover. For the Passover, the 14th day of Nisan and the night following it "that night" are the same day, and the next day, the 15th of Nisan, starts in the morning. The annual Sabbath, of course, is counted from sunset. Israel was quite familiar with the dawn to dawn day as it was the 24 hour day used in Egypt.
2. the third day: Yeshua died on Wednesday afternoon. The first of the three days spans from Wednesday dawn to Thursday dawn. The second day spans from Thursday dawn to Friday dawn, and the third day spans from Friday dawn to Sabbath dawn. The resurrection was just before the dawn on the "first" "Sabbath" after Passover (Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:2, 9; Luke 24:1; John 20:1). The third day works out exactly using the schedule of a day as used in the Temple for sacrifices. (DLC: torahtimes.org)
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